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Barry Railway Class F
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1890· class of 28 two-cylinder 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
Barry Railway Class F were 0-6-0ST 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.
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 46 years (1890–1936).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1890–1905
- in service from
- 1890
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company, Vulcan Foundry, North British Locomotive Company, Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited
- designer
- J. H. Hosgood
- operators
- Barry Railway Company, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 56.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4864644, Wikipedia: Barry Railway Class F (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.