Early 10-year overhaul for Worth Valley Standard 4MT

With relatively little work currently available for the engine, it was decided to carry out a full overhaul for a fresh 10-year ticket.

The boiler was lifted from the frames at Haworth shed on Saturday, April 24 using the KWVR’s steam crane.

The KWVR currently has six other locomotives available for traffic.

They are: Taff Vale Railway 0-6-2T No. 85; Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T No. 41241; Midland Railway 4F 0-6-0

No. 43924; LMS Jubilee No. 45596 Bahamas; BR 2MT 2-6-0 No. 78022; and USATC S160 2-8-0 No. 5820.

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Right: The boiler of No. 75078 is lifted in Haworth yard. ROBERT BATTY BR STANDARD 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75078 is receiving its 10-yearly overhaul early at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Although the Riddles locomotive was only around halfway through its 10-year boiler certificate, having returned to service in February 2015, it failed because of problems with the superheater elements.