08993/08266 hammer up the incline from Keighley station with a service for Oxenhope..

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Working a rare passenger working on the KWVR seen shortly after departing Oxenhope.

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Seen on Haworth shed on the Keighley and Worth Valley railway waiting to work a rare service train.08 993, the locomotive is different in many ways to 08 266 not least, as one can see from the illustrations, the lowered cab. For operating lines around Swansea from the old Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway, the cabs had to be lowered to fit beneath some very low bridges on the line, a tradition carried over from the days of steam. The locomotive is in better condition than the current resident and is also dual braked, a useful advantage for shunting any air braked only vehicles, such as the diesel crane or potential future acquisitions, such as new permanent way wagons etc.

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Sits at Haworth shed

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