Woodham Bros. Scrapyard, Barry - July 1, 1986
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In 1986 a work assignment resulted in me being based in Cwmbran, Gwent for a six-month period. During this time I was able
to make two visits to Dai Woodham's legendary steam locomotive "graveyard" in Barry, Wales. If this particular scrap yard
can ever be described as having glory days, by the time I got there in July 1986 they were happily long gone.
Many, many locomotives (somewhere in the region of 180+) had departed the yard by this time. The remaining ones were
in a pretty woeful condition but that did not diminish the emotional impact of this wonderful place one bit. On the following
pages are scans of some of the 35mm slides I took during my visits.
My first visit was on the lovely warm, sunny evening of Tuesday, July 1. I returned again on Sunday, 13 July.
Once again the weather could not have been better.
L-R: no. 35009, no. 34073, no. 45293 w/tender
ex-SR 4-6-2 MN Class no 35009 "Shaw Savill Line" & 4-6-2 BB Class no. 34073 "249 Squadron"
ex-SR 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class no. 34073 "249 Squadron" & ex-LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT no. 45293
ex-SR 4-6-2 BB Class no. 34073 "249 Squadron"