Thursday 6 August 2020

Steam Returns on the KWVR


After all these months of Lockdown, the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway have finally been able to get ready to get going again.  I was doing some DIY one recent Tuesday and thought I heard some whistling from up the valley; subsequent investigations revealed this was indeed the case, and that they'd be running test trains again on the Wednesday.


I took The Childs up to Oxenhope for a walk to Haworth and back.  Still a bit out of practise with the photography, and forgetting to factor in Childs Inability To Get Ready for ANYTHING On Time, we missed the arrival into Oxenhope, and had to make do with a tender-first shot in the gloom.


Still, at least the flowers were pretty.



The horses were less impressed with us walking around their valley though.


We missed the next smokebox-first run, again due to Childs-related reasons, so headed back for Oxenhope, and got another tender-first shot about 200 yards from the first shot.


On the way back home though, we stopped off at Haworth to see 78022 heading through the station, which rather made up for the earlier lack of photo opportunities.


Can't wait for the railway to get going again; hopefully be able to take a ride on it soon enough...

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