Barry Tourist Railway

  • GKN-liveried Jessie enters Blaenavon line service

    GKN-liveried Jessie enters Blaenavon line service

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    Former Cardiff resident Hunslet 0-6-0ST Jessie (1873/1937) joined the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) operational fleet on April 19 following overhaul and conversion back to its original guise by owner Mike Pearce at the Barry Tourist Railway.  As reported (RM April), Jessie has been stripped of its former ‘Thomas’ guise, losing the side tanks, and…

  • Restoration of former Barry Prairie continuing at Barry

    Restoration of former Barry Prairie continuing at Barry

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    The project originally began at Llangollen, but the loco moved with Mr Pearce when he relocated to South Wales.

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