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Barry Railway Class H
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1896· class of 7 two-cylinder 0-8-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Barry Railway Class H was a small class of seven 0-8-2T tank locomotives built for the Barry Railway by Sharp Stewart in 1896. When they were introduced they were the first locomotives in Britain to use the 0-8-2 wheel arrangement.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1896–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896
- in service from
- 1896
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- operators
- Barry Railway Company, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-2T
- length
- 11.6 m
- weight
- 74.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4864646, Wikipedia: Barry Railway Class H (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.