Next
Polyrus

Polyrus

Posted: 22 Nov 2016

Taken: 19 Jan 1980

12 favorites     13 comments    976 visits

Location

Lat, Lng:  
You can copy the above to your favourite mapping app.
Address:  unknown

 View on map

See also...

It Runs On Rails! It Runs On Rails!

Tolerance Tolerance

ALL TRANSPORT ALL TRANSPORT

rouille rouille

Rusty & Ruins Rusty & Ruins

Railway Railway

Anything Goes Anything Goes

See more...

Keywords

7903 •
Foremarke Hall •
woodham's scrapyard •
Barry Island •
Wales •
railway •
92134 •
rust •
transparency •
35mm slide •
Kodachrome •

Authorizations, license

Visible by: Everyone
Attribution + non Commercial + no derivative
976 visits

7903 'Foremarke Hall' at Barry scrapyard in 1980

7903 'Foremarke Hall' at Barry scrapyard in 1980
Taken in Woodham's scrapyard on Barry island over 15 yrs after it arrived. Fortunately 7903 was rescued 18 months later and fully restored.

92134, the 9F loco on the left actually departed the scrapyard several months before Foremarke Hall, but has yet to be fully restored. I last saw 92134 when it was stored on the North Yorks Moors Railway in 1981 but it was only there for a few months before moving to Essex where it remained until March of this year when it was taken by road to the East Lancashire Railway to complete its restoration.

A scan from a Kodachrome 64 slide

Ian Wood, La-Gioconda( Cornelia ), , and 8 other people have particularly liked this photo

13 comments - The latest ones
 * Didier 85 *
* Didier 85 *
Vieille machine :o))
7 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to * Didier 85 *
Il est plus jeune que moi! ;-)
7 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Amazing capture!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
7 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
I dont have to cry cos they were saved !
7 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to Pam J club
Apart from the photographic content, the main reason I'm posting images of Foremarke Hall is because it is all part of a great story. I know someone who as a youngster spent some weekends wire-brushing this loco, .....after his dad was one of the group which clubbed together to fund the purchase of it from the scrapyard.
7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
It looks quite picturesque in its rusty state:-) That reminds me of the train cemetery in Uyuni- but there they are beyond redemption....
7 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to Gudrun club
Thank you, Gudrun. I was one of the majority who though all these locos at Barry were beyond redemption ;-)
7 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
'Little bit rusty', but a wonderful capture.
Congrats on Explore.
7 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Many thanks, Jaap. I never dreamt that this could make Explore and I only uploaded it as a leader for my next image ;-)
7 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Remarkable that they were saved from this condition!
7 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to tiabunna club
Yes George...and almost unbelievable that over 200 locos were recovered from this scrapyard. Mostly through the efforts and donations from ordinary fans of steam engines.
7 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Oooh, lovely rust!
7 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to Keith Burton club
Indeed. A pity it was on both sides...the out side and the in side....as it took longer to resuscitate.
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Sign-in to write a comment.