On This Day… In 2010, 5643 taking on water at Swanwick Junction

GWR 5600 class 0-6-2T 5643-20100501 (Midland Railway-Butterley)
GWR 5600 class 0-6-2T 5643
Swanwick Junction, 1 May 2010

15 years ago today Great Western Railway (GWR) 5600 class 0-6-2T 5643 (b.1925, Swindon) was on hire to the Midland Railway-Butterley (from the Ribble Steam Railway if memory serves…) and is seen here taking on water at Swanwick Junction between workings.