Vintage Trains
Vintage Trains through the summer!
Step back in time on selected weekends.
On successive weekends in 2024, Vintage Trains will operate using a selection from our collection of historic older coaches, many of which date back to Victorian times and rarely see public use. These carriages form part of the Railway’s museum collection, including carriages from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Trust (L&YRT) and the Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT).
Dates
20th & 21st July
27th & 28th July
3rd & 4th August
10th & 11th August
17th & 18th August
LOCOMOTIVES
85 Taff Vale Railway Class 02
Having originally been built for the Taff Vale Railway, 85 was sold by the Great Western Railway into colliery service in the North East before entering preservation by the KWVR in 1970.
Built for service in the Welsh Valleys north of Cardiff, no. 85 was deemed surplus to requirements at the time of the grouping in 1923 and was withdrawn by the Great Western Railway in 1927. In 1929, now numbered 426, it made the long journey north to the Durham coalfields, where it remained in service, as NCB no. 52, until 1968.
Salvation came in 1970 when 85 was bought by the KWVR and brought to Haworth for a new life on passenger services.
Built: 1899 Glasgow
52044 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 25 ‘Ironclad’
As 52044 this engine became subject to one of the earliest private locomotive purchase schemes established in the country and was one of the earliest arrivals on the nascent KWVR.
Affectionately known as ‘The Green Dragon’ in ‘The Railway Children’ film, 957 was restored to working order at Haworth Yard and took its place in the delayed 50th-anniversary celebrations of The Railway Children in 2021.
Built: 1887 Beyer Peacock
Rolling Stock
The selection of historic carriage used during the Vintage Trains will be confirmed soon, but it is expected to include carriages from The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust and The Vintages Carriages Trust.