The Barry 10 was a collection of unsold scrapyard steam locomotives that were removed from

Woodham Brothers Woodham Brothers Ltd is a trading business, based mainly around activities and premises located within Barry Docks, in Barry, South Wales. It is noted globally for its 1960s activity as a scrapyard (hence its colloquial name of Barry Scrapyard), ...

in 1990 when

Dai Woodham Dai Woodham, MBE, BEM (5 September 1919 – 12 September 1994), born David Lloyd Victor Woodham, is remembered by many steam railway enthusiasts as the man who saved over 200 former British Railways steam locomotives from the scrap heap. Many ...

retired. They were then taken on by the

Vale of Glamorgan Council The Vale of Glamorgan Council is the governing body for the Vale of Glamorgan, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. It was run by the Conservative Party after the 2008 United Kingdom local elections, taking over the council from no overall contr ...

. For the next 20 years, the locomotives were stored in scrapyard condition, although several were bought. All the remaining locomotives were rusting hulks, stored, and not publicly viewable.

Ownership

The Barry Ten were under the management and ownership of Cambrian Transport, who publicly announced, on 4 May 2010, various plans for the different engines (see below).

Locomotive list

{, class="wikitable sortable" !Maker
!Class
! Wheel
arrangement !Number
(and name) !Current
owner !Current status & Notes !ref , - , rowspan=7, GWR , 2800 Class , , No. 2861 , Great Western Society (GWS) , Disassembled; cylinder block and some parts used for the No. 4709 ''Night Owl'' recreation project; frames scrapped in 2014; , , - , 5101 Class , , No. 4115 , GWS , Disassembled; frame extensions and wheels used in the No. 4709 ''Night Owl'' recreation project; boiler used in the restoration of 5600 Class No. 6634; frames scrapped in 2016. , , - , 5205 Class , , No. 5227 , GWS , Some parts used for various recreation projects, including the No. 4709 ''Night Owl'' recreation project; most of the engine to be displayed at the

Didcot Railway Centre Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotive stabling point. Background The founders and commercial backers ...

in un-restored condition , , - , 4500 Class , , No. 5538 , , Strictly speaking, not a member of the 'Barry 10'; it was given to the town of Barry by Dai Woodham, and lumped in with the Barry 10 later. Under restoration at the

Dean Forest Railway The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that ope ...

. , , - , 4500 Class , , No. 5539 , , Under restoration at the

Llangollen Railway The Llangollen Railway () is a volunteer-run heritage railway in Denbighshire, North Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Corwen. The standard gauge line, which is long, runs on part of the former Ruabon – Barmouth GWR route that c ...

. , , - , 5600 Class , , No. 6686 , , In storage; due to be restored for use on the

Barry Tourist Railway The Barry Tourist Railway (formerly the Barry Island Railway) is a railway developed to attract visitors to Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is a key element of the Barry Rail Centre which also includes engineering and training ...

. , , - , Modified Hall Class , , No. 7927 , , Disassembled in 2007; frames and wheels used in the No. 1014 ''County of Glamorgan'' recreation project; boiler used in the No. 6880 ''Betton Grange'' recreation project. , , - , rowspan=2, LMS , 'Black Five' , , No. 44901 , , Stored at the Berkeley Vale Railway; pending restoration. , , - , Class 8F , , No. 48518 , , Disassembled; boiler used in the No. 1014 ''County of Glamorgan'' recreation project; other parts used in various restorations, including the No. 45551 ''Unknown Warrior'' recreation project; Frames scrapped in 2013. , , - , rowspan=2, BR , Class 4MT , , No. 80150 , Mid Hants Railway. , Due to be restored. , , - , Class 9F , {{whyte, 2-10-0 , No. 92245 , , In storage; due to be displayed at the Barry Rail Centre as an example of an un-restored ex-Barry scrapyard engine. ,

References

External links

Vale of Glamorgan Railway
- Detailed list of the 'Barry Ten'
Railway fans steam ahead with restoration bidPlans to restore and exhibit historic Barry steam locomotives announced

Photo of "Barry 10" 44901

Photo of three "Barry 10" locomotives
Locomotives saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard Steam locomotives of Great Britain Preserved steam locomotives of Great Britain