9466, Great Western Steam Rail Motor No.93, Metropolitan Tank No.1, Hunslet 0-6-0T Jessie and an 8F tender loco.

Following the December 2007 decision by landlords, the Vale of Glamorgan Council not to renew the £65,000 per annum funding of the Barry Island Railway, the society maintained its services but subsequently the Council decided to put the railway site out to tender under a long-term lease.

The biggest annual event for the last 3 years has been the "Barry at War" Weekend, which attracts many thousands of visitors to the town.

In August 2014, Cambrian Transport sponsored a display by the Red Arrows and a fly-past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight during this event, bringing more people to Barry Island than for many years.

51°23′31″N 3°16′31″W / 51.392°N 3.2753°W / 51.392; -3.2753 (Barry Island Railway) The station is maintained by Cambrian Transport and there is a shop, café and military museum as well as space for event displays and activities.

An unused section of Platform 1 and also having no track, runs to a point from the east end of the station building towards the Barry Island (or Pier) tunnel.

The Barry Island Railway line exits the east end of the station and runs to Plymouth Road where a museum is to be developed.

A short canopied platform at the museum building allows visitors to alight and see historic artefacts and exhibits when established whilst a DMU driver changes ends or steam-hauled trains have to run-around.

The Waterfront platform and terminus also lies opposite the old Barry Railway Co's Hydraulic pumphouse and electrical generating building, now a listed structure and as at August 2015, was undergoing extensive internal and external refurbishment and bore vertically lettered identities placed on two sides of its taper square chimney, one face stating PUMPHOUSE and the other TY PWMP, but the correct circumflex above the letter Y has been omitted.

Other recent filming includes Being Human, Ar-y-Tracs and "Stella (UK TV series)" – the last two featuring Ruth Jones.

Two of the Barry Ten steam locomotives remained on the railway, though they were rejoined by a third member in 2014, and are publicly viewable on most operating days.