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Barry Railway Class B
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1888· class of 25 two-cylinder 0-6-2T locomotives
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- 1. 20230307 - Dosbarth B - Rh 13 - 0-6-2T: Unknown· Public domain
what is it?
Barry Railway Class B were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed and built by Sharp Stewart and were virtually identical to the Class A that preceded it, with the addition of a trailing truck. The first three, Nos.
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 138 years ago, in 1888.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 72 years (1888–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888–1890
- in service from
- 1888
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- operators
- Barry Railway Company, Great Western Railway, British Rail, National Coal Board, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- weight
- 51.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4864639, Wikipedia: Barry Railway Class B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.