Locomotive Roster for the Weekend 28th & 29th January 2017

Locomotive Roster for the Weekend 28th & 29th January 2017 by news@kwvr Taff Vale Railway 0-6-2T no. 85 has given stalwart service, operating every weekend of the January timetable and will once again be in action on a 4 coach service this weekend. DRB M79964 which will once again operate the diesel turns throughout the weekend. Whilst every effort will made to ensure that the advised motive power is available, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway reserve the right to change this when operational circumstances so dictate.

Haworth Yard Keighley and Worth Valley Railway unusual view

The usual View as a couple of class 4's await 75078

and Derby 4F 43924

Below the unusual view with Class 4 75078 and 

Taff Vale tank No 85

Taken from the upper stone shed window

Taff Vale No 85 another of we old codgers

I have had the pleasure of a close relationship of

late with the Taffy tank

A pleasure to help David Coates the leading fitter 

on this engines restoration along with Derick Ostick

As the new slide valves are wearing in there is now

a distinct four beats to the exhaust

There is much pleasure in bringing these relics back

to life to give children and young people a living 

history lesson in how it used to be

From earlier articles her on Steammemories you 

will know of my association with the Taff Vale 

Railway

Here heading the L&Y vintage carriage set

The London and North Western Railways Coal Tank 1054

An even older sole survivor is the LNWR Coal Tank

I believe it got its name form the duties it was 

designed to perfom, hauling heave coal trains 

around the midlands and to and from the capital

Now in the trust of the Bahamas Locomotive Society

Based at Ingrow it can often be seen on Sunday 

vintage carriage trains on the K&WVR

yet another piece of our industrial heritage and 

industry

The Vintage carriage trust are to be commended

also for the work of preserving historic carriages

Robert Riddles Austerity class 2-8-0 90733 a study

Here a little photographic study of the WW2 War 

Department engine 90733

880 plus were built in preparation for the invasion

of Europe 

I believe three of the 2-10-0's survived but only

the one 2-8-0 

Being the only one the engine often bears the name

plate REMEMBRANCE

The only one of the 800 plus to survive thanks

to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

A lovely engine and one which harks back to times

of conflict past

BR Standard class 4 75078

Hopefully we shall soon see 75078 back in steam

The superheater elements have been renewed

A favorite engine of many

Taff Vale No 85 from the footplate

I had the pleasure of a footplate ride on Taff Vale 85

Yesterday (Saturday)

The engine is still in the process of running new

slide valves in

Yesterday was a cold (freezing) day so water and 

coal usage was going to be higher than normal

This a great little engine and I am very grateful to

John Reddyhoff the CME of the K&WVR who 

was driving and his fireman Andy

Slight delays collecting our train of five 167 tonnes

due to ice on the points 

Excellent run down to Keighley

The engine was working hard on the return, all 

uphill

Haworth station on the return

No85 'The Taff Vale tank engine'

TVR 02 No 85 had an outing on the KW&VR

this weekend

Driver Nick Hellewell in charge

Needs some hard running to bed the new slide 

valves in 

Nick is always attentive to the needs of his charges

It is a stiff pull up the bank out of Keighley a 1:56 

gradient.

Thanks to Marcella Drennan for the pictures. 

Shipley Great Northern

Here some more views of the Great Northern Railway

at Shiply. 

My thanks to the MLS Collection

I well remember some times on the Ilkley train

out of Forster Sq, being back shunted onto the GN

line in front of Shipley GN from the Midland station

if the line through and across to Baildon and Ilkley 

was congested. Choir trips to Ilkley Lido were a 

summer treat through my latter childhood. 

Again the workhorse of the Great Northern alps

route was the Ivatt N1. 

Here you see some of the 

platform has been lifted prior to the total closure

of the Great Northern line to Thackley, Idle,

Eccleshill and on to Laisterdyke where it 

joined the main line near Quarry Gap

Number	69436 d and 69430
2nd Grouping Number	lner 9436
1st Grouping Number	lner 4556
2nd Pre Grouping Number
1st Pre Grouping Number	gnr 1556
Works/Lot Number	1181
Class Code	N1
Designer	Ivatt
Designation	0-6-2T
Built	31/12/1907
Builder	Doncaster Works (GNR/LNER/British Railways)
1948 Shed	37B Leeds Copley Hill
Last Shed	37C Bradford Hammerton Street
Withdrawn	31/07/1955
Disposal details	Doncaster Works (B.R.)
Disposal	Cut Up
Disposal Date	31/08/1955

Great Northern Railway leaving Keighley

This was where the GREAT NORTHERN line 

parted company with the MIDLAND Worth Valley 

line to approach its own station of Ingrow East

It was quite a slog for the northern men as the pull

up out of the goods yard was even steeper than the 

pull up from Keighley station which the passenger

trains took. Joint running powers allowed this from

 the shared platforms at Keighley. The goods yard 

was of course separate and trains parted company

with the joint midland line just before Park Wood

 Tunnel to run down and under the midland line just

after the Globe pub on Park Rd. The remains of the

cutting can still be seen there.

34092 'City of Wells' and 90733 Austerity 2-8-0

After a very long overhaul in Haworth sheds 'City of Wells'

in company with Riddles Austerity 90733

Having left Haworth we wonder if she will ever return

It has to be said a lot of resource was given to this engine

Ahhh well never mind we are getting Flying Scotsman

in the spring

Great Western Railway around Mminehead station

GWR Large prarie

Raveningam Hall

The new turntable

Always good to leave around 

GWR 28XX/38XX class goods engine.

Llangollen Railway 08 Diesel shunter

On my last visit of the autumn to the Llangollen

the only movements were empty stock

However it does show how useful the 08 shunters

are.

Dating from an LMS design of the 1930's

Ivatt 41241 tank engine

Hopefully a soon to be repeated scene.

Work is now progressing well on the Ivatt tank

Seen here a few years ago on its last outing at Ingrow

Double heading with Ivatt class 4 43106

LNWR Coal Tank

The 0-6-2 wheel arrangement seemed to suit engines

that were expected to haul heavy loaded coal trains

here the LNWR coal tank on more glamorous duty

Hauling the Bullied passenger set through Ingrow