According to 'the Barry List' 4th Edition (published 1979 I think) there had
been a diesel loco number D8026 broken up in 1970. It is described as a
'type 1' Bo-Bo.
Googling for this loco has proved inconclusive. The loco is not mentioned in
any of the Barry Scrapyard websites that I'm aware of such as
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Can anyone tell me what class of loco D8026 was?
John
"John Rampling" wrote
Most unlikely, as this loco was renumbered 20026 under the TOPs system and
would have been unlikely to receive that number much before 1973/4. Sadly I
can't quote withdrawl dates, but I did photograph it at Tinsley TMD in
1981 - see this picture.
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Are you sure you've not misread the number as D8206?
John.
I don't recall any Class 20 being broken up that early, and certainly none
at Barry. If a Class 20 had suffered accidental damage, it would have been
moved (if possible) to the nearest main works for component removal. This
seems to have been the policy with all locomotives that remained in
wide-scale use until the 1990s at least. The Class 20s at this time had
become the de-facto standard Type 1 diesel, and were starting to be equipped
with slow-speed controls and air-brakes to deal with merry-go-round coal
traffic.
As I recall, the diesels scrapped at Woodhams were two or three of the 600
series Warships and an ex-Scottish Region Class 21 or 29 diesel electric
(61XX)
Brian
Must have been after my last visit there- was it one of the Class 15s that
loitered around as generators for train pre-heating? There was one at
Maliphant Street carriage sidings outside Swansea High Street for a while.
Brian
More info:
The loco was sent to MC Metals of Glasgow for disposal having been
withdrawn in October 1990
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There's nothing listed on Yell.com for MC Metals in Glasgow, otherwise
you could of phoned them to verify the fate of the loco further
Malcolm
John Rampl> According to 'the Barry List' 4th Edition (published 1979 I think) there had
"BH Williams"
Two of these were delivered, I believe, in August 1968.
I may have been in Barry the day they were delivered, by a Hymek, as my
friend and I saw the Hymek moving light engine away from the scrap lines.
I have slides in my collection of the Hymek and both Warships. The Warships
were in perfect condition, no broken glass, cabs all intact, instruments all
intact, in fact, no damage to them at all. All this lead me and my friend
to believe they'd just been delivered.
Again, in my slide collection, I have photos of the cab interiors taken that
day.
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Cheers
Roger T.
Home of the Great Eastern Railway
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Roger T.
Home of the Great Eastern Railway
Correction to my previous.
Checking records of wthdrawn Warships, I see my memory must be a fault. The
first Warship was withdrawn in August 1968, when I was visiting the UK, so
there could only have been one at Barry during my visit, not two.
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Roger T.
Home of the Great Eastern Railway
All five D600 Warships were withdrawn in December 1967. D600 was cut
up in March 1970 and D601 in June 1980, both by Woodhams at Barry.
D602 and D603 were cut up in Dec 1968 and D604 in September 1968, all
at Cashmore in Newport.
The only D800 Warships cut up anywhere other than Swindon were D800
and D863, both cut at Cashmore Newport in July 1969
Source: The Western's Hydraulics, J K Lewis
Tim
"Tim Illingworth" <
So my original memory was correct, I did see two Warships (Apparently newly
delivered, given the complete lack of vandalism) in August 1968?
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Roger T.
Home of the Great Eastern Railway
Then I must have just missed them arriving!
I visited Barry for the first time on Sunday August 11 1968 (memorable
because BR's End of Steam special ran on that date, but I couldn't
persuade my parents that we needed to visit the remote North of England
to see it ).
There were no diesels there then. It must have been 1970 before I
visited again because by then there was one D6XX and one D61XX.
Andy Kirkham
They must have been in the yard on the date you visited. Sadly, I was
airborne on the way back to Canada on August 11th and also missed the 15
guinea special. I went to Barry sometime in the in last few days of July or
first days of August and that's when they were there. They were not near
the steam. If memory serves, they were near some bridge or overhead
structure(s).
As they were completely un-vandalised, all glass, gauges etc. intact, and
there was a Hymek leaving the yard, my friend and I assumed they'd just been
delivered. The Hymek was moving slowly away from this area. It was running
on a line that was a few feet above the road, also passing under some
overhead structure(s) (Bridges?) on track with a low concrete retaining wall
and steel pipe handrails.
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Roger T.
Home of the Great Eastern Railway
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