KWVR current news

https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/18309610.change-historic-keighley-railway-bridge-replaced/

In amongst the world wide events, work still goes on.

 

Very impressive ... to do such a big project using volunteers. At £150K that must be a massive saving compared with commercial prices.

 

Railway now closed till further notice.

 

Heritage Emergency Fund grant of £50,000 awarded https://kwvr.co.uk/heritage-lottery/

Patrick

 

Fantastic! Makes me happy!

 

No trains at K.V.W.R. until after 1st august at least and also the final stage of the bridgework is recommecing on the 17 july to lift the concrete beams in on the new bridge structure in place

 

What are they going to do with all those Pacers? I don't suppose that Northern Rail will need them back anytime soon.

 

They all went out to play on the Aire Valley line last week in batches of 3 or more.

 

Interesting. Presumably just exercising, to keep them in working order.

I assume they'll have to go elsewhere if KWVR wants to run full line services.

 

The most important thing is that the wheel bearings will need to be rotated every couple of weeks to stop them brinnelling (getting dents and hardening). Though you can usually get away with moving them up and down a few feet rather than several miles!

 

We always used to find an excuse to run the 50's up at the SVR during the winter about 20 odd years ago! Don't want that main genny getting damp do we?

 

Just read that Northern are keeping the Pacers and 153s in service until the end of the year, to provide longer trains for social distancing.

They'll have to remove them from the KWVR if full line services are going to restart.

 

Bridge work re starting. BLS owned 50t crane in position for lifting in the remaining bridge beams.

 

Spent an hour+ on saturday afternoon watching the final 2 bridge pieces go in. Great to see the BLS 50 ton crane working so well.

 

Theyre in sidings and gradually going away. thank god

 

My visit to the K.V.W.R. my local heritage line and the 4F 43924 celebrating its 100th year in service since it was built at Derby Midland loco works back in 1920 if anyone has plans to come and ride her this w,end and maybe next w,end
Davo 56F

 

Lovely shot. On all my photos of right hand drive 4Fs from the sixties the tenders don't have coal rails.

Dave

 

To me, the 4F is the flagship of the line. It just belongs to be. The Ivatt tank is next favourite of mine, and the red KWVR livery suits fine. Happy memories of 1968 and my first term at Leeds University.

 

There are certain loco’s you associate with certain lines, The Crab at the Lancs, 6443, at the SVR, 4555 at Dartmouth for example but the 4F and the Ivatt really fit like a glove at Keighley

 

Went out yesterday for a day out on KWVR, got myself a day rover ticket
78022 was on passenger duty
78022 runs round stock at Keighley prior to forming the 11:00am service to Oxenhope
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Haworth station
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Had a walk to the bridge over the line at Haworth and was lucky to see 45596 Bahamas being shunted around by one of the former cut down cab 08’s
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Returned back to Keighley, then a full round trip
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20031 looked like it was on a test run down to Keighley and back
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D2511 at Oxenhope
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78022 ready to depart with my last trip back to Keighley
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Neil