GWR 'Mogul' 5322 in Barry Scrapyard
Introduction
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GWR 'Mogul' 5322 in Barry Scrapyard
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: 24 Feb 1968
5322 arrived at Barry late in 1964 so has been here for less than 4 years, short enough time to allow the last vestiges of the lined livery still to show on the cabside. It left the yard in March 1969, the 3rd loco to do so, for restoration at the Great Western Society's Caerphilly base. Restoration was completed in May 1971. Significantly it was the first ex-Barry loco to be restored to steam - thus confounding all those sceptics who had decreed that restoration of ex-scrapyard locos was an impossible dream. Since 1973 it has been based at the Society's Didcot Railway Centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.401094
Longitude
-3.277055