Railways Illustrated

KWVR ‘non-gala’ during training turns

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AS THE Keighley & Worth Valley Railway worked towards reopening it ran staff refresher training, and the start of April turned out to have something of the flavour of a (non-public) mixedtraff­ic gala. The W&M Railbus was on staff-train shuttles between Damems and Keighley, 20031 was out on a short goods train, and recently recommissi­oned to service USA S160 2-8-0 5820 Big Jim was on steam-hauled test trains.

 ?? (Ben Bucki) ?? Just after midday on April 2 5820 Big Jim heads up the valley near Damems with a staff training run.
(Ben Bucki) Just after midday on April 2 5820 Big Jim heads up the valley near Damems with a staff training run.

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