‘Scene’ in Skipton. on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Yet one more of my favourite places, we almost went to live there many years ago.

 

A small, vaguely circular bus station that is adjacent to the railway station.

 

The main bus services are by ‘First’ group into Leeds and by ‘Transdev’s ‘the witch way’ into Manchester. 

 

PJZ 6441 ‘Hodsons Coaches’, Clitheroe. Volvo Olympian / East Lancs

on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as  its No. 466 registered R466 RRA.

 

 

 

BT11 UWG ‘preston bus’ No. 33002. Mercedes-Benz Citaro

on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘yourbus’, Heanor as its No. 3002.

 

 

 

BF63 HCX ‘Transdev Burnley & Pendle No. 2779 ‘X43 the witch way’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse

on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

BN09 FWR ‘Kirby Lonsdale Coach Hire’ ‘The Craven Connection’. Mercedes-Benz Citaro

on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Evobus’ Coventry and then it had a spell with ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’.

 

 

FXZ 8495 ‘Henshaws’, Ironville, Derbyshire. VDL FHD2 Futura 

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New to ‘Quinn’, Newry, Northern Ireland.

 

 

 

BF63 ZPW ‘Go Northern’ No. 7106 ‘national express’ livery. Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante 

on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

I was going into Leeds and the train was the quickest way.

 

Class 333 ‘Northern Rail No. 333 003 ‘in ‘West Yorkshire Metro’ livery. Siemans Mobility and CAF EMU

on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen approaching Skipton station working ‘wrong line’ before reversing and departing for Leeds.

 

 

Class 142 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 142 003 BREL Pacer DMU

on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Much maligned, the Pacer continues in service. Scheduled to be withdrawn before the end of 2019. They work on quite long journeys.

 

This one was working from Leeds over the Pennines to the West Coast.

 

 

 

Skipton Railway Station Island Platform

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The railway station at Skipton is a traditional stone built affair with a covered in roof supported on metal posts.

 

It has been beautifully restored and painted in red, white (or cream) and black.

 

A modern waiting room structure has been provided which is painted in grey and blue.

 

Would it not look a lot better if it could have painted to match the rest its surroundings?

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at Leeds Railway Station on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Northern Rail’, part of the ‘ARRIVA’ group are the most prominent operator in and out of Leeds with services radiating to all points of the compass.

 

‘TransPennine Express’, part of ‘First’ group operate across the North of England and into Scotland serving both Glasgow and Edinburgh.

 

The link South and to London is currently in the hands of ‘Virgin East Coast’.

 

Since this blog was first written, ‘Virgin East Coast’ has been stripped of the East Coast franchise which is now being run in a form of Nationalization by ‘London North Eastern Railway’.

 

Class 142 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 142060. BREL Pacer DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I am sure that everyone by now knows the story of the trains derived from the Leyland National bus that despite their poor reputation are still in widespread use.

 

 

 

Class 144 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 144002. BREL / Walter Alexander Pacer DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Walter Alexander’ are part of the ‘Alexander Dennis Ltd’. group of today.

 

 

 

Class 150/1 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 150118. BREL York Sprinter DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 150/2 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 150275. BREL York Sprinter DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Basically the Class 150 but with corridor connections.

 

Seen in a ‘Northern Rail’ livery that was new to me.

 

 

 

Class 322 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 322482. BREL York EMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Originally built for the London Liverpool Street to Stanstead Airport Service.

 

 

 

 Class 333 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 333 010 ‘in ‘West Yorkshire Metro’ livery. Siemans Mobility and CAF EMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Built for use out of Leeds and Bradford to Ilkley and Skipton.

 

These units wear a hybrid livery combning elements of ‘Northern Rail’ and ‘West Yorkshire Metro’.

 

 

 

Class 91 ‘Virgin East Coast’No. 91114, ‘Durham Cathedral’. BREL Crewe

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

This loco also carries the additional branding under the forward cab window.

 

THE VERY REVEREND

 

MICHAEL SADGROVE

 

DEAN OF DURHAM 2003-2015

 

 

 

 British Mark 4 railway coach No. 12208 ‘Virgin East Coast’. Metro Cammell / GEC-Alsthom

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The livery used by ‘Virgin East Coast’ owes a lot to the similar livery worn by trains of the ‘Furka Oberalp’ railway in Switzerland.

 

 

Class 185 ‘TransPennine Express’ No. 185126. Siemens Desiro DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The Railway ‘Scene’ at Keighley

Over the weekend of 7th. 8th. and 9th. of March 2014. The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR) put on a steam gala.

 

My son Andrew and I had the Friday there and as befitted the occasion we travelled by train.

 

From our home station we travelled to Leeds by ‘Northern Rail’ (NR) class 158872 and from Leeds to Keighley by ‘NR’

class 333.

 

While the ‘158’ wears ‘NR’s standard livery the ‘333’ wears the hybrid ‘NR’/West Yorkshire PTE ‘Metro’ livery.

 

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The star of the day for me was this former USATC 2-8-0 freight locomotive one of many supplied to Britain during the Second World War.

Sent initially to France and then on to Poland where it worked until repatriated to the 'K&WVR' in 1977. Withdrawn for overhaul in 1992, it returned to service early in 2014 and this gala was its service debut.

 

The loco carries a fictional livery that has caused some comment in preservation circles.

 

Personally, I like it as it is in keeping with the type of loco and set in the style of the times.

 

The two additional images show the information plates set high on the boiler.

 

 

 

 

No. 61994 The Great Marquess

Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and built as a K4 class loco in 1938 by the LNER and numbered 3442 in service. The class was 6 loco’s strong.

 

The K4’s were designed specifically for the West Highland Line to Mallaig and Fort William.

 

Withdrawn in 1961 and sold into preservation it was stored on the Severn Valley Railway from 1972 until 1980 when it was overhauled.

Sold in the mid 2000 it was then overhauled at Crewe. It has since moved back to Scotland where it operates trains on the national rail network.

 

 

No. 43942

An 0-6-0 freight locomotive built by the Midland Railway in Derby. It was withdrawn in 1965 and sent to Woodhams Brothers scrapyard at Barry. 

 

In 1968 it became the first loco ever to be rescued from a scrapyard. After a major overhaul it re entered service in 2011.

 

No. 1704 ‘Nunlow’

An 0-6-0T industrial tank loco. Built in 1938 by Hudswell Clark & Co. of Leeds it worked for Earle’s Cement at their factory at Hope in Derbyshire. 

 

Sold in 1968, it is now owned by the Bahamas Loco Society and is based at the ‘K&WVR’.

 

No. 1054

An 0-6-2T Webb Coal tank originally of the ‘London & North Western Railway’ (L&NWR).

Designed in 1881 and built at Crewe in 1888. There were a total of 300 produced between 1881 and 1897.

 

At the grouping in 1923 it became the No. 7799 and then became No. 58926 on the formation of British Railways in 1948.

 

After a total of 70 years in service it was withdrawn in 1958 and was eventually sold into preservation at the price of £500. This was the first time a loco had been bought for preservation by public subscription.

 

Recently overhauled on the K&WVR the loco is owned by the National Trust and is looked after by the ‘Bahamas Locomotive Society’ (BLS).

 

I have ridden behind it and it is hard to believe that it is now 126 years old.

 

 

 

Another loco with the ‘BLS’ is No. 2258 ‘Tiny’. Currently non-operational, the loco is stored at the loco Museum at Ingrow.

 

Built by Andrew Barclay and Sons of Kilmarnock in 1947, this 0-4-0ST was for use at Manchester Corporation’s Gas Works. 

 

It came into preservation with the ‘BLS’ in 1970 and moved to Keighley in the early 1990’s when the ‘BLS’ re-located. 

No. 9073

A 2-8-0 Austerity which was a wartime design based on the LMS class 8F. Built by the Vulcan Foundry in 1945.

The loco worked in Holland for the Dutch State Railways before being sold in Sweden. Working for Swedish Railways (SJ) as its No. 1931 it was withdrawn in 1958.

 

Found in 1973 by a group from the ‘K&WVR’, the loco was repatriated to the UK in 1973 and finally entered service in 2007.

 

Seen ‘squealing’ its way round the curve just outside Keighley station, this image is the work of my son Andrew Basford to whom thanks are offered for its use.