The wartime engines Riddles Austerity 2-8-0 and USA S160 2-8-0

I am told both engines will be on duty next weekend 

and through the spring bank holiday week 

So plenty of opportunity to see them 

USA 'Big Jim' S160 No 5820 departs Keighley up the grade effortlessly

Just shows the power of this engine with six coaches

on it makes an effortless departure up the grade to 

Ingrow and on to Oxenhope calling at Oakworth

and Haworth

Superb engine and thank goodness a small number 

at least were preserved here in the UK

USA Army Transportation Corps S160 No 5820 on the Keighley & Worth Valley

5820 runs forwards from its train at Oxenhope

prior to running around

It was good the see both wartime locomotives in 

steam and running for the 1940's event at Haworth

 this weekend past. Lots of color, uniforms nostalgia,

 albeit through the rose colored specs of the past 

British Railways No 90733 2-8-0 heavy goods engine

Here 90733 shortly after major overhaul at Ingrow

A magnificent engine and thankfully

the only one in steam I believe

Yes there a real fire in the hole, looks like the Shovel

might be going in next

Keeping the tea warm though

Not much of a view 

41241 a couple more of this Ivatt engine

Departing Ingrow bound for Keighley

Departing Keighley on the return journey

A superb engine

Ivatt tank 41241

Hopefully soon to be back in steam as it is under

overhaul as I write this

Quite expensive I believe and it is firebox work

which is of course all copper

It was the first engine on the line when rescued

Don't forget the forties weekend

British Railways standard class 4 tank engine 80002

These were taken during 80002's last season in steam

Hopefully soon as money and personnel become

available it will enter workshops 

A good strong engine and a stalwart of the stock

Remember it's the 1940's weekend at Haworth

and the K&WVR have plenty going on

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways 0-4-0 dock shunter or 'Pug'

Here in the exhibition hall at Oxenhope is the L&Y

Dock shunter better known as the 'PUG'

Another engine made famous in the modelling world

by Airfix. They can still be got on ebay for a couple 

of quid.

British Railways Austerity No 90733

90733 will be on duty this weekend for the 1940's 

event in Haworth

Teamed with USATC S160 No 5820

Peckett saddle tank No 1370 of 1915

Peckett's built a large number of small shunting engines

for various private users such as docks and in this

case a paper mill

Here 1370 shunts at Bury Bolton St station

A lovely little engine and always 

looked after with great pride

Midland Jinty 0-6-0 shunting a short run tank engine

Made popular for most of us in the Triang electric 

train sets of the 50's

There are still a plethora of them about on ebay

However for many of us they were our introduction

to steam traction even though our tiny replicas were

electrically driven.

This real one was at Bury Bolton St station last autumn

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Officers saloon

Now resident in the exhibition hall at Oxenhope

The drawing below is pretty accurate but I am not

sure it is of the one at Oxenhope.

It was used in the Film The Railway Children 

and played the part of the Old Gentleman's 

saloon hauled by the L&Y dreadnought

West Country Pacific 'City of Wells'

Just after major overhaul, which took

very nearly thirty years, at Oxenhope

Pulling forwards from its train prior to running 

round for the return to Keighley

This coming weekend sees the Haworth 1940's 

weekend and the K&WVR are as always involved

They will be running the two wartime locomotives

USATC S160 5820 and the Riddles Austerity 90733

More details at http://kwvr.co.uk/

Stanier Black Five 45305

In magnificent condition 45305 stands at Oxenhope

Thanks fully a good number of Black fives were 

preserved

Ramsbottom station, how stations used to be

Our preserved railways remind us and teach our 

children 'how things used to be'

Here children experience living history as they

visit Ramsbottom station on the East Lancashire

Railway

This is a very real lesson because it is not seen as 

a lesson, it's just fun

We all remember when all stations looked like this 

and of course the fact that there were many of them

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 'Dreadnought' LMS No 1300 at Ramsbottom

Last weekend I was over at the East Lancashire

Railway at Ramsbottom and Bury

Here Dreadnought 0-6-0 rests with a goods train

Heading off up to Rawtenstall light engine

And of course of great interest on the platform

Class fives both Stanier and Riddles along with Wells and the Austerity

Above is Black five 45305 at Oxenhope

Riddles class five 73129 at Bridgenorth

Wells 34092 at Oxenhope

And lastly the Riddles Austerity 90733 

Derby 4F 43924

The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway are holding

their Railway Children weekend over the bank 

holiday and 43924 will be running in company

with City of Wells.

See details at 

http://kwvr.co.uk/

West Country Pacific 34092 City of Wells

Resplendent last year just after return to steam

A magnificent engine

It's the Railway Children Weekend on the K&WVR

this weekend so I might well be going along. Wells

will be running along with Derby 4F 43924

Visit them at 

http://kwvr.co.uk/

A4 60007, Coal tank 7799, 4F 43924 a little added atmosphere

Just me having a play with software

Changing the pictures to sepia adds a little I think

Above the LNWR Coal Tank and below the Derby 

4F as they might have been pictures all those years

ago