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If it had not been for the scrapyard of Woodham Bros at Barry, in South Wales, the railway preservation movement in the British Isles would have been a fraction of the scale that it is today and a number of steam locomotive classes would have been rendered extinct. The story of Woodham Bros has been become part of railway folklore, the way that some 200 steam locomotives were rescued from scrapping as a result of unforeseen circumstances, the fact that the scrapyard had a virtually endless supply of wagons to scrap at the same time, the willingness of BR to lift the restriction on scrapmen selling on locomotives that had been sold for scrap and the willingness of preservationists to take on increasingly extreme cases of decayed locomotives for restoration - with the vast majority now either restored to an operational condition or approaching restoration. In certain cases, the availability of a Barry 'hulk' has allowed the preservation movement to use the remains as the basis of effectively a 'new-build' locomotive of a class that failed to make it through to preservation in the first place. Starting with '4F' 0-6-0 No 43924, now based on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, in 1968 some 213 steam locomotives were rescued before the site finally closed. This book outlines the history of Barry scrapyard at the docks with a detailed decade-by-decade record of what happened to the locomotives bought by Woodhams for scrapping in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, with photographs of the locomotives at the yard. The locomotives purchased from the yard for restoration are detailed in separate chapters on each of the 'Big Four' railway companies and BR-built locomotives, with a photograph of each restored locomotive and captions outlining the career of the locomotive since restoration.

About the Author :
Peter Brabham was born in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales in the 1960s and as a child he regularly visited Barry Island, where his father would take him around Woodham Brothers' locomotive scrapyard. In the docks, exploring over 200 rusting steam locomotives. Subsequently as a teenager keen on photography he regularly revisited the scrapyard taking photographs. For two decades until eventual closure in 1990, the scrapyard steam locomotives were purchased for restoration at sites around the UK. After graduating from Cardiff and Durham Universities, he continued his interest in the restoration of the Barry locomotives. Now a Senior Lecturer in geophysics at Cardiff University he uses Barry Docks as an urban land re-generation case study with his students. This book is his photographic journey through the story of Barry Docks, Woodham Brother's scrapyard and the restoration of the steam locomotives, now much loved by tourists visiting the UK's Heritage Railways.

Review :
A magnificent record of the Barry story. A must for all railway fans. This is a book that railway enthusiasts will treasure for the rest of their lives.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780860936435
  • Publisher: Crecy Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Crecy Publishing
  • Height: 292 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • ISBN-10: 0860936430
  • Publisher Date: 21 Feb 2013
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 216 mm


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