Rails in Wales at Barry 2011.Final clearance 2821,44901,4115,92245

[@trainmanbob]

I have fond memories of Barry. In 1974 whilst on honeymoon with my late wife, each of us chose a mystery day to surprise the other. I was treated to a day out in a donkey sanctuary and my new bride was treated to a day crawling around locos at Dai Woodham's yard. She remained commited to my railway hobbies until she passed a few years ago. I have many photos of that day. So sad to see the yard virtually deserted.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

It's now full with over 100 EWS coal hoppers, surplus to requirements. now Aberthaw has closed

[@thairatcatcher]

You should be glad it's empty of steam locos. Most have found new loving homes and people dedicated to preserving the reminder of what Great Britain gave the world over 200 years ago. Now Britain has hundreds of steam engines preserved, something unlikely to happen to the diesel fleet.

[@cerealkiller4248]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways I’ll have to go for a nose, Barry Sidings was part of my youth, it was when my sister and I would know we were close to Barry Island on a day trip with mum and dad. I was there a few months ago, it had changed so much I didn’t know my way around. 😁

[@cerealkiller4248]

Where had you come from ?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

The original depot, or shed, is now owned by the Barry Tourist Railway, so there'd no access to the public. The area covered by Woodhams locos is now a large housing estate

[@daveoneill8235]

Great memories of the early 80s climbing all over the locos Sad painted faces with tears rolling down them, Trains with please don't let me die on them.... Great days and a huge ty to everybody who presserved a lot of these beasts,,,,,,

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Dai Woodham was the last business to cut up old locos because he had so many old coal wagons to clear 1st before he could get to the locos. Maybe I'll put some old photos on YT soon

[@The8224sm]

Thanks for the memories, brings back the times I used to take the train from Cardiff Central and walk around the sidings, lamenting the passing of an era. I have a vague thought that Barry council took possession of the last few locos. RIP Dai.

[@ronholfly]

I hope steam train preservation never ends, it brings back wonderful memories of an age of tranquility on hot summer days at little country stations long gone now.

[@normanhowson6071]

It will continue with the help,interest & training of younger generations.

[@jameswells6003]

And memories of poorly paid staff too?

[@smhorse]

Coal might be a problem...

[@DashCamSheffield]

one of three things will end steam preservation, or at least functioning steam: Money Safety - If something majorly awful happens, it'll may cause steam railways to cease running (This could be anything to passengers going under trains, engine exploding, or embers causing fires too much for example, but potentially anything) Environmental - Steam engines got replaced by diesel/electric for a reason Hopefully they'll keep going though

[@connormeechan5784]

I Hope so too! Although i’m far too young to remember the branch line station’s

[@delta7155]

What dedication to restore such corroded engines; well done them!

[@doddyvanstraaten2774]

Restored? The title states that, 2861 cut up at Llangollen in 2014. 44901 at Sharpness, 4115 at Tyseley, scrapped for parts in 2016. 92245 boiler taken to Crewe, remains of loco still in Barry Yard

[@mikekean8344]

Nice! Thank you for helping save what could be saved.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Thanks for watching. The old yard is now Transport for Wales new depot or their new units for the Valley Lines

[@willhovell9019]

Helps keep alive engineering skills and keep open bits of line and track that can be reconnected to the rail network , as it continues to revive and reverse some of the Beeching slash and sever.

[@robertkemp9023]

Interesting this video popped up on KZbin unannounced. I am surprised locos remained there so long. I worked there in the early seventies preparing Pannier Tank 3738 for movement to GWS at Didcot. It was hauled away by rail together with 3 other locos...4942 Maindy Hall, 7202 2-8-2 tank and 4144 2-6-2 tank. I rode on the footplate of 3738 with it's then owner, with others on the footplates of the other locos. Cannot imagine that being allowed nowadays? The train wasn't allowed through the Severn Tunnel and so had to go via Gloucester and Kemble. I remember we were stopped by a hotbox detector at Swindon. It was a bearing on the Hall's tender. The tender was jacked up in the siding at Swindon, and a local inspector (Ivor Huddy?) came and rectified (scraped/blued) the white metal bearing, and we eventually got going again, arriving at GWS Didcot late afternoon. Story was told with pictures in a GWS Magazine article of the time. Memorable day!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Did you take any photos " back then?" I just wish video cameras were around in the 60/70s Thanks for watching...Mike in Wales

[@robertkemp9023]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016RailwaysThe only photos I have ever seen are external shots of the train of locos that were featured in GWS magazine. I have a copy somewhere. The original owner of 3738 was BA pilot Warwick Ormandy. BA staff magazine did an article of us preparing the loco for movement from Barry which I have a copy. Preparation for 3738 included fitting new white metal axle bearings, removal of side rods, disconnecting and making safe valve gear, fitting new brake blocks and getting handbrake working. The train was worked unbraked loose coupled with a brake van, which was interesting being on the footplate!

[@Fcutdlady]

297 locomotives were said to have entered Woodham Brothers scrapyard Barry Island . 213 came out . Dai Woodham said in an interview that he had no intention of being the steam preservationist friend but by god he was .

[@Minecraft-pj4hm]

Sad sight. Good so many were saved. Remarkable to think the engine works of the day could repair the worst in a few months and build a new one in weeks.

[@SDE1994]

i only found out this year that there were still locos at Barry so recently

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

These were the last ones to be removed. Nothing here in 2021( other than visitors)

[@---rz5th]

Mike at least you have several examples of the same type preserved.

[@ciaranburke3243]

Glad to see they hung on to the 9f 👍

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

There's only the wheel set remaining at Barry in 2021

[@ciaranburke3243]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways sad

[@damienhill6383]

Somewhere it said that Crewe has the boiler now, so there's hope ...

[@spankflaps1365]

The boiler has been sold to the owner of another (running) 9F, and the chassis will be cut into sections for display in a museum.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Which museum?

[@NarrowboatPreciousJet]

As a kid I remember playing on the old steam trains at Barry, I seem to remember there seemed like hundreds there! I would of only been 5 or 6 years old ( mid 70’s)

[@BritishRedCoat2025]

I remember the promises that the then unique surviving LNER-built 8F 48518 would be retained despite having its boiler stolen for one of the Frankenloco kit-bash 1:1 models. It was scrapped anyway. Preservation? Pah.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Indeed great shame Too few LNER built surviving locos as there is

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Perhaps as it wasn't a true LNER engine and built in the wrong place to be a true LMS and lacking in fittings and there were other 8F running meant it was scrapped although the wheels look sound cast steel lasts better than rolled

[@Shark30006]

I read on Wikipedia that BR Standard Class 9F No. 92245 is going to be dismantled but it is instead moving to Peak Rail for future restoration

[@Mandolorian-ob9rk]

So did I but when I asked them they said they’ve never had it on site so I don’t know where 92245 is

[@Shark30006]

The boiler of 92245 will not be used as an exhibit at Barry Scrapyards. The boiler and the engine itself have moved to Peak Rail for future restoration and 92245 will be restored there as engine parts of its scrapped classmates will be delivered to 92245 and restoration will begin.

[@milehighclassics]

Where’s all the engines going is it houses being built

[@Spud607]

Are there any more being restored other than the Black 5? I know the 2800 has been cut up but what about the others?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

All gone for spare parts

[@Spud607]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways :(

[@jacktheemeraldgangster3843]

Did any of these steam locos in this video get preserved?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

All are listed on "Google"

[@jacktheemeraldgangster3843]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways ok thanks.

[@HarryElliott_2007]

Are there any other train scrapyard that has old trains in the uk

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Not that I'm aware of, all locos have been rescued since the 1960s many years ago.

[@michaelgamble296]

Makes one think . . . the loco crew who drove these steam engines would be around 100yrs old now.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

No; I'm 78 and still around!

[@geoffreyking4515]

I'm 76. Still warm and walking, but not sure if I could go on the dustpan now

[@jackchatfield5464]

All deserve be Restored again, in their own Right.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I hate to think how much that would cost. There are other locos from the same classes running on Heritage Lines in 2021

[@davidreid5672]

Could not agree with you more.

[@freespirit5680]

What class was 92245 and what was she used for; do you know?

[@gregkiteos1936]

British Railways 9F. Primarily used for heavy freight but some were also known to pull passenger expresses, including 92220 _Evening Star,_ the last steam loco built by BR. Some 9Fs also worked as banking engines on the Lickey incline.

[@anthonymcdonnell5384]

44901 under restoration at Sharpness

[@kenbailey9453]

Stored there but shortly to leave for pastures new..

[@stevenweasel2678]

SHUDDA BEEN SAVED BACK HOME AT CARLISLE/ But Then again Nee effer in Carlislewegian Land was motivated enuff

[@jockellis]

Are they torching them or commencing restoration?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Spare parts.

[@Phil-wq9uq]

Where is Barry Yard? I am guessing it's in the UK somewhere.

[@gregkiteos1936]

South Wales

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Look on Google Earth; it's 10 miles west of Cardiff, capital of Wales

[@GrrMeister]

*Nostalgia ain't what it used to be - seen the price of Coal lately ?* 😨😡🥵

[@mikeslipper1779]

Very Interesting.

[@Thomasthestreamliner]

What happened to those engines today? Where are they?

[@e27mark]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_locomotives_saved_from_Woodham_Brothers_scrapyard

[@marvwatkins7029]

If they weren't scrapped at this late date, you'd think they'd be saved and later renovated.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

They being used as spare parts for loco already preserved

[@paulmorgan5909]

Please could you tell me the number of the 56XX ? Many thanks, P. M.

[@2805224]

was not a 56 but a 2-8-0t

[@joer67]

why did it take so long to clear Barry anyway?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Expensive to more such heavy locos; most gone for spare parts.

[@davidjohn64]

After Butlins , moved out of Barry , the end was nigh . Time changes everything ...

[@Shed87AProductions]

2861 one of Churchwards finest

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

4900 were the named Hall Class

[@krisanderson111]

Is the railway gone from barry has well

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

No.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHTbqHx4ftF_f68.....this was taken last month

[@steventhornton4716]

I thought Barry's yard was clear of streamers in the 80s

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Quite a few of the locos in bad repair, such as these on the video, were sold for spare parts well into the 2010s

[@stinchjack]

[Enter credit info here] lol

[@williamredfern5504]

WHEN CATS FART THEY STINK AWFULL BUT YOU CAN NEVER HEAR THEM DO IT

[@boyfromblackstuff7859]

Well said Stokes.Haha!