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Below is a list of the locomotive types saved at Woodham Brothers scrapyard, Barry Island, Wales. They are shown by class, indicating how many of each class were saved. Altogether, 213 engines were saved. GWR classes (98 in total) 6 GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 - No. 2807 was the oldest locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in January 1981.
This category is for locomotives that were saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Wales and subsequently preserved. In total, 213 out of 297 locomotives were saved from scrap here. In total, 213 out of 297 locomotives were saved from scrap here.
All under the care of the Barry Tourist Railway, eight locomotives are still in Barry only a few hundred yards away from where they were removed, while two are under restoration at different locations around the country. GWR 4575 Class No. 5553 was the last steam engine to leave Woodham Brothers, in January 1990 for the West Somerset Railway.
Allocated over its life to Newport (86A) in 1958, Old Oak Common (81A) from late 1958-1960 and Southall (81C) from 1960 to 1965. It was withdrawn in September 1965 and sold to Barry Scrapyard. The locomotive remained at Barry until it was bought by a consortium of members of the Bluebell Railway's locomotive department in 1978. The restoration ...
The Barry 10 was a collection of unsold scrapyard steam locomotives that were removed from Woodham Brothers in 1990 when Dai Woodham retired. They were then taken on by the Vale of Glamorgan Council. For the next 20 years, the locomotives were stored in scrapyard condition, although several were bought.
Some members of the class, 46 in total, survived to the last day of steam on BR in August 1968. [31] No. 45318, a Lostock Hall based engine, hauled the last scheduled train on 3 August 1968; a Preston to Liverpool exchange. The locomotive was withdrawn a few days later and then scrapped the following year at Drapers. [32]
the oldest locomotive saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry, Wales. No. 2807 was completed in August 1905 and not withdrawn until March 1963, completing just over 58 years of service. No. 2807 arrived at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan , South Wales during November 1963.
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