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Saturday, 16 May 2015

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.

Friday, 15 May 2015

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

Thursday, 14 May 2015

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/