The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Mixed-Traffic Gala took place back in September, and we did a few days linesiding and riding the trains, making the most of the event happening on our doorstep.
There was a bit of trickiness on the Friday with the pre-booked tickets, though the staff sorted it out admirably. It did mean missing the train we'd originally wanted, and a bit of waiting around at Haworth. 20031 seen arriving when we could finally get on.
Keighley later in the day, with shunter "James" on the vintage-stock shuttle to Ingrow. Shame the weather had dropped off a bit by then.
As a railway we've been visiting for years, finding new angles has been proving tricky. So something a bit experimental here, at Ingrow.
The Saturday was rather nicer, with a bit of sun and blue sky. The Ivatt tank seen running-round at Keighley in the morning...
...and the Oxenhope Yard Pilot, the Hudswell-Clarke, at Ingrow later in the day.
Our Rover tickets got us entry into the excellent museums at Ingrow, always worth a visit.
Sunday saw me doing a bit of line-siding, mainly to try and get some shots of the visiting Railfreight-liveried class 26, seen here near Ingrow with the vintage stock.
On the goods out of Keighley a little later in the morning.
The Railway-Children-liveried L&Y loco on the goods. It had been relaunched into traffic in the summer, but we were in Wales at the time and didn't get chance to see it. The Gala provided the first opportunities for some photographs, and yes, the colour scheme really is that bright in real life.
I managed some shots in print; there was a chance one of the Class 26 pics would have gone in, but another photographer pipped me to the post with the Railway Magazine.
I also got a shot in the KWVR's house mag.
I did however get an earlier shot from Damems back in the summer into Trackside, a pleasant surprise.
Here's an oldy from the re-opening trials earlier in the year, but I'd missed this issue at the time, and found it in the archives at Vintage Carriages.
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