BARRY SCRAPYARD - 1974

[e2number1]

0:29 is that king edward ii

[pennyf9]

a lot of these locomtotives were saved right?

[60103Henry]

Nice! I wish I could have gone there! :)

[ibidydo]

if you saw these engines at Didcot you would never of thought they were scrapped

[m53dy9]

0:08 sad ..... 4:18 even sadder

[Diggerww2]

No great machine should end up like that ...so Sad

[taffytank]

Have a look at my Barry photography website on FLICKR

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[taffytank]

Thanks I have the same memories aged 13.

On a day trip to Barry island beach my dad and i would sneak off for a few hours and climb all over the locos.

Peter (Penarth)

[taffytank]

Thanks I have the same memories aged 13.

On a day trip to Barry island beach my dad and i would sneak off for a few hours and climb all over the locos.

[sightscreen66]

Amazing to think that out of the nearly 300 locos sent to Barry, 213 were rescued!

[jnastali]

these engines should be restored and not scrapped. rest in peace

[fulstow02]

It Stresses Me Out , Steam Engines Like These Should Never Of Been Scrapped!

[rambobunny1]

barry is did town

[NSMerryweather4771]

Modern Health & Safety wouldnt permit 1:53 - 2:29 anymore unfortunatly :(

Nice shots there, very emotional to a steam enthusiast.

[houghtonga]

I agree, the missing sections of boiler cladding exposing the blue asbestos insulation is quite disturbing but in the 1970s the dangers were not generally understood.

[siobhan104]

Its 30506 with its eight wheeled tender I think

[34002salisbury]

whats the loco at 3:53

[04clemea]

I think Its E828

[ALCOPRO]

well done wish us Australians had a heritage lottery to assist preservation

[jacko352]

us poms do anything better than you ausies? surely not???

[Marillionmad]

1:36 looks in fairly good nick

[steeplejackdibs]

these lovely old steam engines should be restored and preserved...trouble with folk today is they have no regard for the wonders of the past!

[Mattlad543]

yeh but the council in my town has funded the reopening of a old branchline that runs through for the new saints staduim so that will be mostly rebuilt

[steeplejackdibs]

Glad to hear that!

[Cockroach2008]

I like seeing the wrecks being abandon, cut apart, scrapped, junked and melted!

There just can not be enough steam locomotives to junk! And everyday, another one is found to be economically unrealistic to preserve, maintain, operate, insure or shelter.

It is 65 years past the time to junk and scrap all the remaining steam locomotives!

[nymrfootage]

Is this sequence on any of your DVD's?

[PMDVD]

One day when time allows I may show this alongside video of the locos in steam - just a thought - I'.m so busy!

Thanks for your interest - I'll be on the moors in August and Wensleydale this weekend. Alex

[nymrfootage]

Perfect music to accompany the photos.

[bellboy222]

Remember, it was not such a sad ending for most of these old locomotives. Only a handful were actually cut up, woodhams had vast amounts of wagons to scrap, which kept them going. most of these engines are now restored and running around on preserved steam railways around the country!

[MCRSxNOTxEMO]

This is a real shame, i don't understand how they could just get rid of them and forget them like this! If it wasn't for those people who bought them to preserve these locomotives would be so hard to feel a real passion for them..

[tuptontrainspotter]

i have to say im more of a diesel lad myself, but i don't mind a good steam engine. i think its a real shame to see these engines in this state =( whats this music called btw?? cheers

[PMDVD]

Hymn Tunes by Grimethorpe Colliery Band - as seen in the film Brassed Off.

[ibidydo]

its a bit heart breaking to such fine models of our revolution in such a state. back in the victorian age small and young children from poor families worked themselves to death on these just so people could get to places. and now nt alot of people look at it tht way sme people just dont give a crap about the work behind these engines

[toasatoshi]

g-g-goobye (falls to ground crying)

[gainsbourg66]

What happened to your son?

[PMDVD]

He grew up! and became a ham radio fan.

[andyg3]

Is there anything worse than a place like that.

Poor engines. :'(

[scepterman]

Good video,

Iwas also there in 74 my dad took me around there for hours, such patience !! mom sat in the car we got a roasting when we returned hu hu hu

cheers Nigel.

[Traceymermaid]

So sad.......

[Lainiodurrant]

An incredible sight to see all the rusty relics, but joy to know that people like you cared and saved at least some of them. thank you.

[PMDVD]

Now I am a rusty relic!

[Lainiodurrant]

Well, I'm almost a fossil!

[Ramzzy666]

@Lainiodurrant some of them? you mean most of them :P over 200 engines from barry went into preservation!

[ejcmoorhouse]

@Lainiodurrant they saved nearly everyone of them.