2-4-2 Steam Locomotives in Great Britain

Class J (Locobase 10280)

Data from "Four-Coupled Passenger Engine, Barry Ry," The Locomotive Magazine, Volume VIII [8] (28 Feb 1903), p. 150; and "Barry Railway", The Locomotive Magazine, Volume XXIX [29] (15 February 1923), p. 36-39. Sharp, Stewart produced works numbers 4367-4369 in May 1898 (Hudswell Clark delivered the other three) and 4497-4501 in June 1899.

The busy Barry Railway had three principal lines, one of which connected Cardiff to Bridgend. Passenger-traffic demands between Barry Island and Cardiff amounted to 5 round trips a day with a 150-ton train of 9-11 carriages over an 11-mile run. The trip took 1/2-hour and included 6 stops. "Considering the nature of the work performed by these engines," said the article, "an average coal consumption of 38-lbs per mile is by now means excessive."

{The three main lines, according to the article, were: "Brigend, via Aberthaw to Barry and Barry Dock, thence by Cadoxton and Cogan (Penarth Dock) to Cardiff; (2) Barry Island to Barry and Barry Dock, thence north through Cadoxton, Wenvoe, Treforest and Pontypridd to Porth, (3) Cardiff to Ely and St. Fagan's."}