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Staveley Way, KEIGHLEY, BD22 7ED

Great Western Railway 41xx class 2-6-2T Prairie No. 4144 crosses the River Worth en route to Ingrow and Keighley. The locomotive was visiting from Didcot for the railway's steam gala. It was built in 1946 and withdrawn in 1965 after 19 years' service. It was fortunately saved from Barry scrapyard in 1974. It was definitely on 'foreign' metals. The bridge it is crossing was due for replacement in March 2020 with work scheduled to start the following weekend using at least one steam crane.

On the preserved Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The locomotive at the head of the train is No. 85 - a Taff Vale Railway class 02 0-6-2T built in 1899 by Neilson Reid. It was later used by the Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Colliery Co then the NCB before withdrawal in 1968. It has been on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway since 1970 and is currently presented in Taff Vale Railway livery. At the rear was an Ivatt designed class 2MT 2-6-2T.

A demonstration freight train on the preserved Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. At the front was Taff Vale Railway No. 85. At the rear as a banker was Ivatt designed class 2MT 2-6-2T No. 41241. It was built in 1948 by British Rail. Although in service it always wore BR lined black livery, when it reopened the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 1968 it was in crimson lake. Allegedly BR did not want privately owned engines to be confused with their own stock. So, when it re-entered service following overhaul in 2018 it was once again resplendent in crimson lake to celebrate 50 years of the KWVR in preservation. It's not authentic but it is good to look at. Nothing is more divisive among enthusiasts than liveries (i.e. the colours that engines are painted).