Barry Railway Class D

Scandinavian Origins

Barry Railway Class D were 0-8-0T steam tender engines of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were built to a standard Sharp, Stewart and Company design modified by John Waddington Mann, the Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Swedish & Norwegian Railway. In fact, 20 of these locomotives were ordered by this railway. However the company ran into severe financial difficulty with the result that only one and a half locomotives were paid for by the S & N.

Barry Purchases

Two of the locomotives, S&N 25 and 26, never reached overseas but were retained by Sharp, Stewart. They were later sold to the Barry Railway in October 1889 and became numbers 35 and 36. Two other locomotives, S&N 5 and 8, were seized by bailiffs in December 1891. There then followed a long drawn out legal dispute between Sharp, Stewart and Swedish & Norwegian Railway. It was not until May 1895 that the Supreme Court in Sweden found in favour of Sharp, Stewart and the engines in question were returned to the manufacturers. In late 1896, they were offered to the Barry Railway who took delivery of them in March and April 1897. The two locomotives were numbered 92 and 93.

Traffic Duties

On arrival, the locomotives did very little main line duty but were confined to pulling heavy coal trains from Cadoxton Yard to Barry Docks. However in 1909, 92 and 93 were assigned to haul mineral trains from the coal pits on the Rhymney branch of the Brecon and Merthyr to Cadoxton Yard and were mechanically modified for the purpose.

Withdrawal

The locomotives passed to the Great Western Railway in 1922 but were withdrawn between 1927 and 1930. None survived into British Railways ownership and none have been preserved.

Numbering

Year	Quantity	Manufacturer	Serial Numbers	Barry Numbers	GWR Numbers	Notes
1886	1	Sharp Stewart	3365	92	1389	Acquired by Barry Railway April 1897
1887	1	Sharp Stewart	3394	93	1390	Acquired by Barry Railway March 1897
1888	2	Sharp Stewart	3446–3447	35–36	1387–1388	Acquired by Barry Railway October 1889