by Dave Sallery
The lower yard looking east in October 1968. The area has now been completely cleared and no locomotives or trace of the scrapyard remains. The Barry Railway works and its chimney, on the left, is nowadays the only link with the past.
This selection of photographs were taken by me at this legendary location in May 1966 (black and white) and October 1968 (colour). Many of the locomotives pictured went on to be preserved and restored to use after years of dereliction. At this time there were over 170 locos present. As well as the lower yard, where the cutting up was undertaken, the old Barry Railway works sidings next to the mainline and some of the sidings leading to the coal tipplers were also in use for loco storage. The photos above and below show some of the locos stored in the lower yard. Most of the locos present were from the Western Region although Southern, B.R. standard and Midland types were also well represented.
Visit Phil Trotters 'Fotopic' site and the Barry (Woodhams) Railway Scrapyard site on Flickr for many more photos.
Please also take the time to visit my B.R. 1960's steam website.
