Black Five 45305

A very atmospheric day, the dampness causing

plenty of condensation

 

 

The business end of things

 

We owe much to the workers and volunteers who

keep our preserved lines and loco's running

 

Very well done everyone

The steam gala is running today and tomorrow on the KWVR

 

http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

Keighley station KWVR Black five simmers

With this years summer hanging on for so long

it has given me a scene which could well have

been any wet summer day in times past

 

 

Black five stands at the platform with it's train

KWVR Autumn steam gala. GWR 4160 Prairie

 

Good degree of wheel slip this morning

 

It's quite a pull up the grade out of Keighley

 

Well she did have 'six' on

 

Next stop Ingrow

Carriage restoration

I often focus, possibly too much, on loco restoration

 

 

However much excellent dedicated work is involved

in restoring the carriages we travel in

 

So here's a cheer for those who devote

much attention to such restoration

 

 

 

These restored at the Yorkshire Dales Railway

 

Now regular runners on the Embsay

Bolton Abbey line

45596 'Bahamas' Work now underway

Work is now underway at Ingrow Bahamas society

workshops on preparing 45595 for overhaul. The motion is now off

and the work progresses to lifting the boiler ready to go down to Tyresly

 

 

Yesterday at Ingrow works

 

The tender awaits it's turn.

 

Ingrow has a great deal to see.

The Keighley Worth Valley line hosts

the Bahamas society as well as the Vintage

carriage trust. Both have their own museums

So there is plenty to see and do at Ingrow.

Ingrow West

The suffix 'West' is because at one time there was

and Ingrow East which was the penultimate station

before Keighley on the Great Northern Railways line

from Halifax and Bradford via Queensbury.

 

 

Derby 4f simmers at Ingrow West

 

Ingrow East GNR lay at the top of this bank, now a builders yard.

The lines then ran parallel but with a much higher gradient for the

GNR down to Great Northern Junction where the GNR line split.

One branch joined the Midland Worth Valley line to run into Keighley

The other continued with a steep down grade to run beneath the MR line

and into the Great Northern's own good yard.

 

 

0-4-0 works engine 'Lord Mayor'

Looks like a big job for a little fella

 

 

In reality it is the Loco museum at Ingrow on the

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

 

A very good day can be spent on the line