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Barry Railway Class L
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1914· class of 10 two-cylinder 0-6-4T locomotives
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- 1. Barry Railway Class L No. 143: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Barry Railway Class L were 0-6-4T steam tank locomotives of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed by John Auld, his only design for the Barry Railway, built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company and were introduced in 1914. They were originally intended for use on heavy coal trains from Trehafod but, as the B1 class proved more than adequate for the work, they were assigned to different duties.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 12 years (1914–1926).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- designer
- John Auld
- operators
- Barry Railway Company, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-4T
- weight
- 75.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4864649, Wikipedia: Barry Railway Class L (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.