0-6-4T Class L Barry Railway Profile and Models

0-6-4T Class L Barry Railway

No. 143. Official works photo. Date unknown. ©Public Domain, uploaded by Nick Baxter

Barry Railway Class L were 0-6-4T steam tank locomotives of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed by John Auld, his only design for the Barry Railway, built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company and were introduced in 1914. They were originally intended for use on heavy coal trains from Trehafod but, as the B1 class proved more than adequate for the work, they were assigned to different duties. One characteristic of the locomotive was a design fault that caused it to derail. The problem would only occur when the locomotive was travelling smokebox-first over facing hand-operated points, usually to be found in colliery sidings, marshalling yards and the dock area. The locomotives passed to the Great Western Railway in 1922 and were scrapped in 1926. One story has it that they were unintentionally destroyed resulting from a clerical error at Swindon, but this has never been confirmed. None survived into British Railways ownership and none have been preserved.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Hawthorn Leslie & Co

Build Dates

1914

Total Built

10

Tractive Effort

24,755 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-6-4T

Operated By

Barry Railway
Great Western Railway

Main Duties

Heavy coal & other mineral trains

In Service Until

1926

Surviving Examples

0

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Dean Sidings DS400 Barry Railway Class L 0-6-4T Resin Body Kit RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set DS400
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Barry Railway Class L 0-6-4T Resin Body Kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Dean Sidings No image available Requires assembly Not set DS400A
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Barry Railway Class L 0-6-4T resin kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Q Kits No image available Requires assembly Not set Q9
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0-6-4T J Class Locomotive kit Awaiting Categorisation