Woodham Bros. Scrapyard, Barry - July 13, 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.
ex-GWR 2-8-0 Class 28xx no. 2861
BR 2-6-0 Class 4MT no. 76077 & ex-GWR 2-8-0 Class 28xx no. 3862
Detail of BR 2-6-0 Class 4MT no. 76077
Detail of BR 2-6-0 Class 4MT no. 76077