Winter on the KWVR

Time for some more railway pictures... winter produces the best conditions for photographing steam engines, and with the KWVR right on the doorstep, there's been a few chances lately to get out and take some shots.

 

 

Whilst passing Haworth a couple of weeks ago, I decided to stop off and photograph the 4F at the deserted nature reserve at Ebor Lane.  Couple of other photographers about too.

 

 

Last weekend, the Vintage Carriages Trust had this rather nice ensemble running between Ingrow and Keighley, the glorious piece of Victoriana hauling the first two carriages to have arrived on the railway back in the 1960's.  The location is a spot I've been favouring lately, as the 'country' end of the line tends to fill up with photographers.  Normally though I'd avoid this spot in the middle of the day as the path is in poor condition and I've run into some dodgy types here, but the only other person I saw this day was a film bloke, who it turned out was the official recordist for the day.  I don't think I ruined his shot, but he didn't look too pleased to see me when he turned up with his video camera and found me hanging over the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

And so on to today, and a little dusting of snow on the patch of line near our house.  We were walking back from the shop when we heard the train in Ingrow Station.  I managed to get into a position to get a shot, but the camera wasn't coping with the cold.  Arty shot, but not really what I was after.

 

 

The steam heating seemed to be working overtime, as the train climbed past the mess of fencing on the building site.  Skipton Properties typically did half a job of demolishing the last of the old mill, and have only been back once, to rip down and replace the solid-metal fencing which blew onto the railway last weekend with the 80mph winds...

 

 

A chance a short while later for a couple of photographs of the rather nice W&M railbus, which always gets a lot of use at this quiet time of year.

 

 

 

And finally, the 4F returning.

 

Probably wont get chance for any more train pics now until the gala towards the end of feb, but nice to snap a few shots anyway, particularly whilst Amy is throwing herself into a sculpture project for an open call- more details in a future posting.