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Barry Railway Class J
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited· from 1897· class of 11 two-cylinder 2-4-2T locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sharp Stewart and Co. Ltd, Atlas Works Glasgow (SS) E1110, no. 4368, Barry Docks & Railway 90: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Barry Railway Class J were 2-4-2T steam locomotives of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed by J. F. Hosgood, built by both Hudswell Clarke and Sharp, Stewart and Company and were introduced in 1897. Their main use was on the Barry to Cardiff suburban service and had a reputation for always being smartly turned out.
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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 33 years (1897–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897–1899
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited, Sharp, Stewart and Company
- operators
- Barry Railway Company, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2
- weight
- 61 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4864647, Wikipedia: Barry Railway Class J (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.