Barry Island Railway

Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company - Barry Island Railway - '56XX Tank 0-6-2T number 5643'

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Vale
• of
• Glamorgan
• Railway
• Company
• barry
• island
• wales
• steam
• 56XX
• 5600
• 5643
• gatwick
• express
• class
• 150
• 488
• 489
• hyperen

[D1074]

I'm a driver at Barry and had a day on 5643. It runs like a sewing machine! Lovely engine.

[francepourmoi]

Dont you just luv em

[MrReakes]

@MrHuwwilliams

Hi HUGH

good to hear from you I know you, I was a fireman/guard in Radyr and Train preparer

in radyr and have met you in the reunion not been down for the last 2 years is Roy

Jones still alive ?? i met him last in roy rees funeral he said that he would ring me but he never did.

best wishes mike reakes

[MrHuwwilliams]

@MrReakes hi yes i know jeff very well.but im not sure he was at abercynon i thought he was at radyr.but yes he knows me very well he runs the radyr rusty rail reunion every year at cardiff all abercynon men and radyr men.i know your name were you at radyr.when they closed abercynon i went to radyr as a guard then to treherbert as a passenger guard,but i started in 1960 as a cleaner /fireman

[MrReakes]

Did you know jeff riley a fireman at abercyon

around this time.

mike

[60103Henry]

Great Video, 5 stars! Interesting railway, videos from on board the train are always interesting, check out my drivers eye view video of The Bekonscot Model Railway.

[r0g3r5m1th]

Isnt there talk of reopening the headland tunnel and running through to barry pier,I went throught it in my youth to catch a Campbell White Funnel Steamer,or is my memory going,still it would be nice...

[toptennor]

in 1960 i was priviliged to work at abercynon depot where 5643 was stabled great locomotive