Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for Great Western Railway No. 5643, a 0-6-2T located in Preston, Lancashire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Photo taken in August 1985 at Steamtown Carnforth, a site no longer open to the public.

No. 5643 backing on to its train in Embsay on the Yorkshire Dales Railway on 20 March 2016.

5643 running round its train at the Bolton Abbey end of the Yorkshire Dales Railway on 20 March 2016.

The distinctive look of the GWR 5600 class is seen in the pouring rain at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway in October 2018.

The powerful tank engine is in the pouring rain at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway in October 2018.

The cab is the driest place to be in the October rain at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway. Typical GWR cab layout. Right hand drive, lever reverse, sight feed lubricator and single water gauge.

Before the preservation era, the sight of a Great Western loco on the Wensleydale branch would have been astonishing. But 31st July 2011 found GWR 0-6- 2T No.5643 running-round it's train at Leeming Bar on the Wensleydale Railway.

GWR 0-6-2T No.5643 taking water at Leyburn on the Wensleydale Railway on 31 July 2011. Although there aren't too many people there, it's probably one of the largest crowds since the solar eclipse on June 29th 1927!

leaving the throng behind, GWR 0-6-2T No.5643 barks away from Leyburn with a train for Redmire on the Wensleydale Railway on 31 July 2011.


Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643 Preston, Lancashire, UK	Location: Ribble Steam Railway Status: Overhaul