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Rolling stock of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

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Locale
  
West Yorkshire

Name
  
Worth Valley Branch

Terminus
  
Oxenhope

Built by
  
K. & W. V. Rly Co.

Rolling stock of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Connections
  
Network Rail at Keighley

Original gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

The Rolling stock of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is used on the preserved Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, a 5-mile-long (8 km) branch line that served mills and villages in the Worth Valley and is now a heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England. It runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network line at Keighley railway station.

Contents

Vintage carriages and carriages for special use

The railway has amassed a large collection of Vintage Carriages over the years. Some are used to carry passengers on specially selected open days.

Other Rolling Stock

The railway owns three rail mounted cranes: a 10T Grafton steam P-Way crane, a 15T Taylor Hubbard diesel P-Way Crane and an ex LMS 45T steam breakdown crane. Currently only the 15T Taylor Hubbard crane and the Grafton steam train are available for use. Furthermore, there are a variety of wagons used by the civil engineering department, largely at either Oakworth of Ingrow West.

References

Rolling stock of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Wikipedia


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