The possibilty of re-creating a War Department 2-8-0 was long thought to be the stuff of fantasy. Thanks to an example of the class being repatriated from Sweden and entirely due to the dedication... (more)
With snow on the ground WD Austerity No. 90733 pulls her train past Top Field and towards Oxenhope.
War Department 2-8-0 No. 90733 makes a start up gradient away from Keighley.
WD 2-8-0 works a short goods train away from Loughborough.
Amidst the thistle down and rosebay willowherb at Haworth, this is my first worthwhile image of the KWVR's wonderful re-creation of a 'lost' locomotive. This is one of the rugged War Department 'A... (more)
935 WDs, (always know as DubDees) were built as WW2 austerity locomotives for use in liberated Europe. After the war many found there way into stock on various European lines, 733 on British Railw... (more)