Steam Memories: June 2019

Saturday, 22 June 2019

The motive power for this weekend and the half term week's passenger services will be as follows:

Saturday 22nd June
Steam service - British Railways Class 4MT 4-6-0 75078

Diesel service - Metropolitan-Cammel Diesel Multiple Unit Class 101 No’s. M51189 & Sc51803
Sunday 23rd June:
Steam service - British Railways Class 4MT 4-6-0 75078
Steam service - Taff Vale Railway Class O2 0-6-2 85 (Vintage Train)
Monday 24th June - Friday 28th June:
Steam service - Midland Railway Class 4F 0-6-0 43924

Timetables:

Saturday 22nd June - Green timetable
Sunday 23rd June - Blue Vintage Trains timetable
Monday 24th June - 28th June - Pink Timetable

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Lifting 957 at Haworth

We have four 25 ton jacks for lifting engines

A very well developed programme for undertaking

heavy lifts ensures safety at all times.

Mark is one of the two trained staff leading the lift

jaks are3 made ready to lower the frames as soon

as the wheels have been rolled clear.

All staff are briefd before the lift begins

Axle boxes rolled over hydraulic platforms to be

dismantled

Frames now safely down and supported by jacks

Hughs Crab at Haworth and BR Std 4

On a vist from the ELR to the K&WVR

Below 75078 leaving Haworth on the service train

In the capable hands of my friend Ross Graham

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Boiler work at Haworth

The Taffy tanks boiler nearing completion

Ralph Ingham, Tony and Dave Haig

You may have seen the Taffy Tank at the YDR

The engine has only recently teurned to Haworth

The Jinty, workhorse of the Midland

The workhorses of the Midland railway, the Jinty

was perfect for shunting and short transfer goods.

here 16407 stands at Bury Bolton St Station

They huffed a puffed their way round the network

Always time for a brew

Aspinalls sucessor to our Barton Wright 957

Aspinal when her arrived at Horwich continued

building the A class

He tried superheating them and fitting piston valves

However he soon returned them to wet steam.

Hughs crab at Bury

Thank goodness one survived in working order

Keighley goods on a busy day

A little recreation of what it might have once looked like

The 4F shunts the yard

The Coal tank brings in another goods train

Thursday, 6 June 2019

K&WVR Locomotive Roster for the week Saturday 8th – Friday 14th June 2019

Locomotive Roster for the week Saturday 8th – Friday 14th June 2019

by news@kwvr

The motive power for this weekend and the half term week's passenger services will be as follows:

Saturday 8th June
Steam service - USATC S160 2-8-0 5820
Diesel service - Metropolitan-Cammel Diesel Multiple Unit Class 1O1 No’s. M51189 & Sc51803
Sunday 9th June:
Steam service - USATC S160 2-8-0 5820
Steam service - Taff Vale Railway Class O2 0-6-2 85 (Vintage Train)
Monday 10th June - Friday 14th June:
Steam service - British Railways Class 2MT 2-6-0 78022

Timetables:

Saturday 8th June - Green timetable
Sunday 9th June - Blue timetable
Monday 10th June - 14th June - Pink Timetable

Whilst every effort will be 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.