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Barry Railway Class K
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1899· class of 5 two-cylinder 0-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
Barry Railway Class K were 0-6-2T steam tank engines of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed by J. H. Hosgood and built by an American company, Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey. At the time the Barry wanted to order these locomotives, British manufacturers already had a full order book.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 127 years ago, in 1899.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 33 years (1899–1932).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1932
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
- designer
- J. H. Hosgood
- operators
- Barry Railway Company, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- weight
- 56.9 t
- nicknames
- Yankees
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4864648, Wikipedia: Barry Railway Class K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.