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I hit the 15m views milestone on 31st December so figured I'd scan a few slides from the 1970s where it all started. Was it really 11 years ago when I opened the Flickr account?!
Pictured here are 'Black 5' 4-6-0 45379 and 4-6-2 'Pacific' 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' standing at Dai Woodhams scrapyard in Barry with good cause for optimism of being saved.
I wonder if the same could be said of the dockyard crane in the background, owned by C H Bailey Ltd.
Just behind the 'Black 5' is what looks like a 'Jinty'. I've a few candidates from my notes, but have yet to find a positive ID.
Update: After further research, and on the basis of the markings below the number and along the frame, I believe the 'Jinty' is 47298. If you have any better information, please let me know!
Map placement is directional.
Thanks to everyone who has taken a peek over the years.
Zenit E, Kodak High-Speed Ektachrome 160asa
20th April 1974
66524 is seen arriving at its destination Dow Chemicals with 4Z48 09:35 Wentloog Freight Terminal Freightliner to Barry Docks Dow Chemicals.
Sitting amongst the scrap in Barry Docks is 66557, it will shortly head off towards the Dow Corning container facility. 477B Wentloog - Barry Docks.
66543 passes scrap metal heaps at No2 Quay, Barry Docks, working the 4Z47 (03:15) Tilbury to Barry Docks Dow Chemicals inter-modal train. Note: a lights mast has been digitally removed from the image.
6/10/1991 Standard tank 80080 which spent 15 years deteriorating in Barry, now steaming through Barry Docks station and past the empty scrapyard AND with Dai Woodham on the footplate!! The impressive Vale of Glamorgan Council offices look on.
Copyright Neville Wellings
35018 "British India Line" went to Mid Hants Railway where restoration seemed to going well but then stopped. It then remained stored until removed to the South Coast Steam Ltd, Portland, Dorset in 2003. It has now been acquired for restoration to working order by the West Coast Railway at Carnforth. It began steam trials in May 2017.
It would be good to know about the link which has created so much interest in this photo over the last couple of days, nearly 200 views but not one comment, all from an "unknown" source.
LMS 4-6-0 45699 "Galatea" now nearing completion of restoration to working order at Carnforth after many years of doubt about its future.
GWR 2-6-2T 4110 purchased by the GWR Preservation Group based at Southall and moved in May 1979, the 100th loco to leave Barry. The loco is now at Tyseley and restoration to working order still a long way off.
Emitting a pungent blue haze of exhaust 56064 is crawling out of Barry Docks with the 15.15 Barry to Burn Naze service.
The docks are the merest shadow of the once busy coal port which shipped good Welsh steam coal out to destinations all over the world.
56064 was built at Doncaster Works, it entered service 17/09/1979. The locomotive was withdrawn in September 2008 and cut at C.F. Booth (Rotherham) in March 2009
Copyright Geoff Dowling 20/04/96: All rights reserved
BR/WR North British Diesel-Hydraulic A1A-A1A 'Warship' D601 - once ''Ark Royal'' but now nameless - in the sun at Barry Docks, in May 1971. A BP oil tanker is just visible in the dockyard, on the left..
The loco was introduced as part of the British Transport Commisions', 'Pilot Scheme' in March 1958, and was withdrawn in December 1967, and sent to Woodhams Brothers scrapyard. It deteriorated over several years, including vandalism by 'steam enthusiasts', and was finally cut up in June 1980. None of the class were preserved.
Restored from a light-damaged orange border marked original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
Freightliner Shed 66/5 No 66557, makes its way along No2 Dock at Barry Docks with an intermodal train from Wentloog (4B48) destined for the nearby Dow Chemical Intermodal facility, having originated from Tilbury. The ship at the quay, EEMS Traveller, is a a General Cargo Ship loading scrap metal. She was built in 2000 and currently sails under the flag of the Netherlands.
Ex-GWR locomotives at Woodham's scrap sidings, Barry
Docks. The closest is in a forlorn state, with coupling rods and buffers gone.
Scanned Instamatic Slide
c1976
7820 was withdrawn and condemned by BR from the Shrewsbury shed at the beginning of November 1965 and was then stored out of service at Shrewsbury for almost 6 months, before arriving at Woodham's scrapyard in Barry during May 1966.
A scan from an Agfa CT18 slide.
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66/5 No 66525 with a light load of containers destined for Dow Chemicals on the 4B48 from Wentloog, is seen waiting for the shunter at the approach to Barry Docks. Not a pin sharp image due to an issue with the lens which I am sorting out but nevertheless I thought it worth uploading.
Freightliner Shed 66/5 No 66557, makes its way along No2 Dock in Barry with an intermodal train from Wentloog (4B48) destined for the nearby Dow Chemical Intermodal facility, having originated from Tilbury. Scrap metal is being loaded onto the vessel, EEMS Traveller, a General Cargo Ship built in 2000 currently sailing under the flag of the Netherlands. Most of the shipping in Barry relates to chemical tankers for Dow Chemical so I was delighted to capture this rare event (once a month) with the intermodal train.
66544 seen at the intermodal facility at Barry docks near to the Dow Corning Plant. The train has just arrived from Southampton (via Wentloog – 4Z48) with loaded containers for the plant. The containers will be unloaded and replaced with empty containers for the return trip to Southampton.
Passing the abandoned coal loading points at Barry Dock is 56115. The loco is at the head of the 15.15 Barry to Burn Naze service.
The green areas are where railway tracks once served the constantly busy port in the export of Welsh coal.
56115 was built at Doncaster works, it entered service 30/01/1983. The loco has carried the names Bassettlaw and later in its career Barry Needham, the livery last carried is for Floyd ZRT.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 04/05/1996: All rights reserved
66508's minder gives an approaching driver a stern stare as the Class 66 leaves Barry dock with 4B49 14:44 Barry Docks Dow Chemicals to Wentloog Freight Terminal Freightliner.
£1 doesn't get you much these days, but in 1974 it bought a 693-tonne paddle steamer! Mounting running costs left the then operators no choice but to withdraw Waverley from service with the idea of preserving this unique ship. The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS) stepped in and took over the helm - for the princely sum of £1. It is a credit to the Society and supporters that the Waverley became more than a museum and now operates a full programme of cruises from Easter to October.
P.S not my new camera, this is the Kodak.
Waverly is visiting Barry docks..
BR Class 37 37158 (with 37429 at rear) passes beneath the Barry Docks Old Coal Wharf Line Bridge heading for Cadoxton Junction from Dock No 2 - BLS Port Vale Railtour - 24th September 1994
Good looking Blue Star Line reefer (refrigerated cargo ship) seen laid up in No 1 Dock at Barry.
Various Blue Star ships were laid up at Barry during the late 1970s.
Converted to an Orange Juice Carrier 1986. in which service she lasted considerably longer.
IMO 7342976
Built 1975 Smith's Dock, Middlesbrough, UK
9,981 gt
Scrapped 2010
Scanned Instamatic Slide
1978
66544 makes its way along the 180-degree curve working the 4Z48 intermodal train from Southampton (via Wentloog in Cardiff) - Barry Docks with loaded containers for the plant. The Dow Corning works is in the background reflecting into a former timber pond.
A poor Instamatic view at Woodham's scrap sidings, Barry
Docks
Note also the diesel brake tender.
42765 was rescued from Woodham Brothers scrapyard and returned to revenue-earning traffic on the East Lancashire Railway in August 1993, following restoration.
Scanned Instamatic Slide
1976
A poor grainy photograph but included for completeness
This is Reederei Nord Klaus E.Oldendorff's 'Northern Breeze', formerly 'Westfalen', built in 1956 which became 'Volta Vision' in 1972 before taking the name 'Northern Breeze' in 1973.
Seen in No 2 Dock Barry, with Rank's Atlantic Mill behind.
Wrecked off Punta Horcon, Quirinto Bay, in 1975.
IMO 5388380
Built 1956 HDW, Hamburg, Germany
8,944 grt
Wrecked 1975
Scanned Agfa Instamatic Slide
1974
66015 working the Barry Docks to Newport ADJ 6B39 service, is seen departing Barry Docks with containers from the Dow Corning. The train will return in the morning laden with acrylonitrile, an important monomer used in the manufacture of plastics. At the quay in No2 Dock, Stolt Dipper, a Chemical tanker registered in Cayman Islands, birthed a few hours earlier with chemicals for Dow Corning, which can be seen behind the vessel. It’s interesting to note that since this photo was taken the iconic (as least for the docks) Rank Hovis building on the right has been demolished. Furthermore, palisade fencing now hems in the line, so this photo is no longer possible.
Freightliner Class 66 66512. This working is the 4B49 Barry Docks to Wentloog. Barry Docks, South Wales. 17 April 2023.
Arriving in the shadow of the Barry Incinerator, 66557 shares the dockside with a couple of lorries but no containers on this trip. The controversial plant will burn 260 tonnes of waste wood a day, at high temperatures, to generate electricity. 477B Wentloog - Barry Docks.
A view taken close to Barry Docks High Level Sidings in June 1988, where BR 37894 was hauling the loaded coal hoppers forming the 7C83 08:06 Penallta to Aberthaw Power Station MGR.
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A poor Instamatic view at Woodham's scrap sidings, Barry
Docks, including an Ex SR Bulleid Pacific and an ex GWR Pannier Tank locomotive.
At this time the better locomotives had already been removed, and each potential new railway was busy marking their prospects.
Note the coal on the ground, this was a feature of the entire docks system, dig in the docks today, and you'll find a strata.
Walking around the scrap lines in the late 1960's was most fascinating, they had arrived in their hundreds and were just sitting there, rusting.
Scanned Instamatic Slide
1976
A rather grainy Instamatic image of a Geest Line reefer (refrigerated cargo ship) at No 2 Dock, Barry during the 1970's, an Agfa slide.
A proper banana boat.
Unfortunately, Agfa slides weren't dated at the time and I wasn't in the habit of logging photos taken. It is only years later that the difference between Kodak, Fuji and Agfa is really appreciated.
I once peeled a chunk of paint off the gunwale of this ship and counted 43 paint layers.
Geest were synonymous with Barry for decades prior to full containerisation, departing for the West Indies regularly on a Thursday. Their ships were well-maintained and carried 12 passengers in some style. They would head out to the Caribbean, pick up bananas at various islands, and return.
IMO 7218321
Built 1973 Scott's, Greenock
6,753 grt
Scrapped 1995
Scanned Instamatic Slide
1970s
The sad remains of BR 71000 ''Duke of Gloucester'' at Barry Docks, on a cold grey rainy day in November 1967. The loco had been dismembered at Crewe a few months earlier, and had then been sent - by mistake - to Cashmores scrap yard, where it would almost certainly have been cut up. Fortunately, the error was discovered in time.
71000 later lost its tender, which was one of several sold off to steelworks, for the chassis to be used to move heavy ingots around..
The loco was rescued in 1974 and rebuilt - with missing components remanufactured - and also had its bad-steaming problem fixed, by correcting some original design and construction faults..
It returned to service at the end of 1986, with excellent performance characteristics, and has been overhauled several times since then, and operated on UK mainline and preserved railways.
Today (2018) 71000 is at Tyseley works, undergoing a heavy overhaul, to include modifications for present-day mainline operation.
Restored from a grainy under-exposed fungus-marked original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
Blue Star Line Reefer (Refrigerated Cargo Ship) laid up at Barry in 1975.
Built as 'Newcastle Star', became 'Montevideo Star' in 1973. Later in 1975 changed ownership and became 'Golden Madonna'.
Barry hosted a variety of laid-up Blue Star tonnage during the 1970's.
IMO 5250351
Built 1956 Bremer Vulkan, Germany
8,257 grt
Scrapped 1980
Scanned Instamatic Slide
1975
Trailing Suction Hopper and Grab Dredger 'Ely' at work in the dock entrance at Barry in 1978. 'Ely' was a common sight around the Bristol Channel.
IMO 5102968
Built 1961, Charles Hill, Bristol
1,430 grt
Scrapped 1987
Scanned Instamatic Slide
1978
66111 gingerly traverses the quayside at Barry No 2 Dock with 6V10 with traffic for the Dow Corning plant at Barry.
6V10 had left Dollands Moor at around 2am but its journey started much further south - another 600 miles, in Ambérieu and Notre Dame-de-Briancon in South East France.
The ship is the locally registered 'Stolt Osprey' chemical / oil products carrier, unloading after a trip down from Ellesmere Port over the previous few days.
I have been in my home town recently, helping my friend fix his Nan's roof. There is a great vantage point from her house and so his parent's asked while I was up there if I could get some photo's of the view for them, I grew up in Barry but moved to Cardiff quite some time ago, I have a lot of memories from this town and wanted to give the photo a more warm and retro look. In this photo you can see across the Bristol Channel to Somerset in England, at the centre of the horizon is Brean Sands, and either side of it is our two Channel Islands which are Flat Holm to the left and Steep Holm to the right, the tall yellow brick building is the old fire station and the house next door to it I lived in when I was 18 :)
Great Grandfather Gwilym was thankfully an enthusiastic photographer, who used to regularly walk across the docks at Barry from his home in Cadoxton.
One particular gem that has emerged is this view taken at Barry Docks in about 1905, showing the Clan Line cargo ship 'Clan Shaw' loading coal on the coal tips/hoists (possibly 'tip' is the correct term as the coal wagons are run up the rail ramp, as can be seen on the left, upended and tipped into the shute and thence the hold, and then the wagon re-railed and sent down the off-ramp under gravity. These are an early tip design, later replaced.
There were about 41 coal tips/hoists at Barry at the time.
Wikipedia - Barry Docks - "In 1909 about 8,000 women and 10,000 men were employed in the docks, and by 1913, the docks were the busiest coal port in the world, exporting 11.05 million long tons."
The ship itself is of interest too.
Clan Shaw
Owner - Clan Line
Built 1902 Doxford, Sunderland
3,943 grt
Sunk by a mine 1917
She is a turret deck ship. The hulls of turret deck vessels were rounded and stepped inward above their waterlines, giving the ship a 'fat waterline, thin deck'. This allowed them to pay lower canal tolls under tonnage measurement rules then in effect. The type ceased to be built after those rules changed. Over 180 were built, 176 by William Doxford at Sunderland. The Clan Line had 32 of them.
Also note the front of the deckhouse is covered by a tarpaulin, due to the amount of coal dust in the air.
The Clan Line funnel colours of black with 2 red bands are only just discernible.
Private Owner coal wagons can also be seen between the funnel and deckhouse, running up the tip to the right.
The ship is berthed nested with another astern, this one in a light coloured paint scheme, not ideal for coal loading, she almost looks like a Fyffes banana boat.
Scanned Print
Gwilym Henton
c.1905