We spent yesterday on the Keighley Worth Valley railway in the company of Alastair, Bev and Rowan - great to meet up. The first trains of the day are diesel so we travelled to Haworth on a Waggon Und Maschinenbau single coach railbus unit M79964, built in Germany in 1958. Rowan is busy watching the approaching steam train at the Damems Loop where the single track becomes double to allow passing. We then had a muddy walk to Oxenhope - well all except Phil who travelled on the train. This is his train, the British Railways Ivatt Tank No. 41241. It was built at Crewe in 1949 and ended service at Skipton in 1965. The locomotive hauled the train at the reopening of the branch line in 1968 and has been working ever since. We all travelled back on the 41241
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