Barry Railway Class F were steam saddle tank engines of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed by J. H. Hosgood and built by a number of British companies.
Shunting at Barry Docks The purpose of this locomotive was to carry out heavy shunting duties at Barry Docks. They were in effect a saddle tank version of the Class A, a locomotive which had carried out shunting duties at the docks up to this point. 28 examples of the Class F were manufactured, making it the second largest locomotive class used on the Barry Railway, outnumbered only by the B1 Class. They were fitted with a reversing lever, far quicker for changing direction during shunting duties than the . They were all shedded at Barry, and they occasionally worked goods and coal traffic on the main line in addition to their main shunting duties.
Withdrawal The locomotives passed to the Great Western Railway in 1922, but were withdrawn between 1926 and 1936. However, since they were still in workable condition many were sold privately, the details of which are listed below.
Numbering Year Quantity Manufacturer Serial numbers Barry Numbers GWR Numbers Notes 1890 3 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 3607–3609 47–49 710–712 1892 2 Vulcan Foundry 1346–1347 64–65 714–715 1894-1895 3 Sharp Stewart 4050–4502 70–72 716–718 1900 8 Sharp Stewart 4593–4600 37, 52, 99–104 708, 713, 719–724 1905 6 North British Locomotive Company 16628–16633 127–132 725–726, 807, 729, 742, 747 1905 6 Hudswell Clarke 712–717 133–138 754, 776–780
Disposals
Barry Numbers GWR Numbers Date of Sale Purchaser Company Numbers Scrapped Notes 37 708 March 1933 Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co Ltd, Bargoed Colliery 708 October 1947 48 711 August 1934 Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co Ltd, Bargoed Colliery 711 July 1960 49 712 March 1933 Coltness Iron Co Ltd, New Mains Colliery 11 1959 scrapped by EG Steel Ltd, Hamilton 52 713 July 1936 RH Longbotham, Northwood for John Bowes & Partners Ltd 8 September 1946 scrapped by DS Bowran, Gateshead 64 714 September 1934 DS Bowran, Gateshead for Backworth Coal Co Ltd 9 1956 boiler, tanks and wheels used to rebuild 719 65 715 August 1932 Ocean Coal Co Ltd, Deep Navigation Colliery, Treharris 715 September 1950 71 717 November 1934 RH Longbotham, Northwood for John Bowes & Partners Ltd 9 withdrawn December 1963 72 718 January 1935 Ashington Coal Co Ltd 22 June 1962 99 719 November 1934 DS Bowran, Gateshead for Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co Ltd, Rising Sun Colliery ? September 1962 rebuilt with boiler, tanks and wheels off No. 714 100 720 November 1936 Partridge Jones & John Paton Ltd, Talywain Ironworks, Abersychan 720 February 1961 101 721 May 1935 Ocean Coal Co Ltd, Treorchy Colliery 721 between August 1953 and April 1954 102 722 March 1936 Robert Frazer & Sons Ltd for Cowpen Coal Ltd, Cambois Colliery 13 August 1958 scrapped by Willoughby, Ashington 103 723 January 1935 Ashington Coal Co Ltd 23 October 1960 104 724 May 1933 Robert Frazer & Sons Ltd for Hartley Main Collieries Ltd 24 April 1960 scrapped by Ellis, Gateshead 127 725 November 1934 RH Longbotham, Northwood for John Bowes & Partners Ltd 10 February 1950 scrapped by Marple & Gillot Ltd, Gateshead 128 726 February 1933 RR Paton Ltd for Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries Ltd, Gwauncaegurwen Colliery 726 1957 130 729 September 1932 Robert Frazer & Sons Ltd for Hartley Main Collieries Ltd 22 withdrawn December 1963 withdrawn at Hazelrigg Colliery 131 742 August 1932 Ocean Coal Co Ltd, Treorchy Colliery 742 November 1962 132 747 May 1933 Robert Frazer & Sons Ltd for Hartley Main Collieries Ltd 25 ? 133 754 January 1937 Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd, Bargoed Colliery 754 July 1960 scrapped as side tank 134 776 February 1933 Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co Ltd, Aberaman Colliery 776 April 1960 138 780 May 1936 Burnyeats Brown & Co Ltd, Nine Mile Point Colliery 780 June 1964
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