Date: 15/07/2018

In a corner of Barry where the hand of regeneration has transformed the towns dockland, echoes of the past are everywhere. The 42m-high chimney of the historic Grade II-listed pumphouse looms large, providing welcome shade from the heatwave that has left Wales sweltering in its wake.

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Inside Wales' locomotive graveyard

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There wouldn't be a railway heritage business in the UK if it wasn't for this remarkable scrapyard

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Having been withdrawn from 82F Bath (Green Park) in March 1964, ex-S&DR 7f 2-8-0 no 53808 stands on one of the Woodham Brothers scraplines at Barry in the Summer of 1966. Happily the locomotive was rescued from here 4 years later and had been fully restored by 1987. No 53808 can now be seen on the West Somerset Railway. [See image 59376]
Location: Barry
Company: Barry Dock and Railways
08/08/1966 David Pesterfield

Scene on the reception roads alongside the old goods shed at Barry in October 1967 with a depressed looking 9F nearest the camera. The locomotives are thought to be (from left to right) 71000 Duke of Gloucester, 75014, 42765 and 92134. [See image 40325]
Location: Barry
Company: Barry Dock and Railways
22/10/1967 K A Gray

Row upon row of Bullied Pacifics, and a few other classes too, stand in Woodhams scrapyard in Barry in October 1975. In the background a Valleys suburban DMU crosses to Barry Island. Later rescued, a number of these locos would subsequently take part in the 2017 50th Anniversary galas commemorating the end of Southern Steam.
Location: Barry
Company: Barry Dock and Railways
28/10/1975 Mark Bartlett