Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

  • Bahamas returns in style

    Bahamas returns in style

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    IT WAS a close-run thing, but ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas made a triumphant return to the main line on February 9.  The immaculate Stanier ‘5XP’ passed a late trial to ensure its new and overhauled equipment was in full working order, and then worked through from Oxenhope on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR)…

  • Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas at Appleby

    Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas at Appleby

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    45596 Bahamas steaming south at Appleby station.

  • Sir Berkeley to return to original contractor’s livery

    Sir Berkeley to return to original contractor’s livery

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    THE Middleton Railway is working with the Vintage Carriages Trust to restore 1890-built Manning Wardle contractor’s 0-6-0ST Sir Berkeley to its original Logan & Hemingway livery. The locomotive, works number No. 1210, which was used in the construction of the Great Central Railway’s London Extension and worked on the building of Nottingham Victoria station, was…

  • Bahamas successfully returns to mainline operation

    Bahamas successfully returns to mainline operation

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    45596 Bahamas returns to mainline following 25 years since the loco last ran on the mainline.

  • Bahamas to return to the S&C after 25 years

    Bahamas to return to the S&C after 25 years

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    TICKETS are selling quickly for one of the most eagerly anticipated main line returns of recent years. After a restoration costing almost £1million at Tyseley Locomotive Works, Stanier ‘Jubilee’ No. 45596 Bahamas will make its comeback with the ‘Bahamas Renaissance’ from Oxenhope to Carlisle on February 9, 2019. It will be No. 45596’s first main line passenger…

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