An LMS engine from the GWR headquarters Prior to designing the WD (see 90733) the 8F was chosen as the standard heavy freight design for war work in WW2. 8Fs were built by all the major railway companies with no. 8431 being built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1944. Although an LMS…
A Scottish survivor The tank version of the British Railways Standard Class 4 (see 75078), 80002 is another engine that escaped the cutters torch by the skin of its teeth, purchased directly from British Railways in 1969. 17 years with British Railways, 3 times longer with the KWVR Completed in 1952, 80002 worked its entire…
A wartime soldier in from the cold Built to a wartime design and, like 5820, for use in the war effort, WD 90733 is a unique engine, being the last of its kind. This locomotive was an integral part of the operating fleet until December 2018 when it was withdrawn for its 10-year overhaul to…
A locomotive with a place in preservation history After a working life of 45 years, 43924, was consigned to the scrapyard of Woodham Bros. in Barry, South Wales. It secured its place in preservation folklore in 1970 becoming the very first of over 200 locomotives to leave the scrapyard for a life in preservation when…
From Ohio to Keighley via Poland Purchased by the KWVR from Polish State Railways in 1977, 5820 was a welcome addition to the fleet at a time when trains on the branch were getting heavier and more powerful locomotives were needed. History of 5820 – Lima Locomotive Works to KWVR No. 5820 was built in…
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