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Ready to restart and couple up to the coaches.
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The end of the line is Oxenhope, 600+ feet above sea level. its a nice steady climb all the way from Keighley
The class was introduced in 1951. They were designed for mixed traffic use on secondary routes where the otherwise ubiquitous BR standard class 5 and their predecessors, the Black Fives, would be too heavy. They were essentially a tender version of the standard 4 2-6-4T, with similar characteristics to the GWR Manor Class, though unlike the Manors they were built to the universal loading gauge. They used the same running gear as the tank engine (with the leading bogie from the Standard Class 5), and substantially the same firebox, smokebox and boiler, although the boiler barrel was increased in length by 9 inches (229 mm).
Design work was done at Brighton by R. A. Riddles, with help from Swindon, Derby and Doncaster. Construction was at the BR Swindon Works.
The engine weighed 67.90 long tons (68.99 t; 76.05 short tons), was 60 ft 0 in (18.29 m) long, with 5 ft 8 in (1.727 m) diameter driving wheels. It had two cylinders of 18 inches (457 mm) diameter and 28 inches (711 mm) stroke operated at maximum boiler pressure of 225 lbf/in2 (1.55 MPa), to produce 25,515 lbf (113.5 kN) tractive effort. Its British Railways power classification was 4MT.
It normally used the standard BR2 or BR2A tender, which weighed 42.15 long tons (42.83 t; 47.21 short tons) and carried 3,500 imp gal (16,000 l; 4,200 US gal) of water and 6.00 long tons (6.10 t; 6.72 short tons) of coal. In this configuration its route availability was 4, almost universal over the British Railways network.
27-JUN-2015
Just like at Keighley, the engine decouples and runs round to the other end of the train to take the train back down the line to Keighley
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Having run round the engine pulls forward to re join the carriages
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Here the STD 4 had just arrived with our train back in Keighley and was being prepared to run round to the rear of the train for its return journey
I believe that there was a former work colleague on the platform but for the life of me I cant remember his name...and so didn't make my introduction....if you read this and recognised me...I apologise for not saying hello.
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The engine running round one more time
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Not much to note at Bradford, just a procession of 150/156 and 158s going to Leeds or Manchester
Our 150 turned up on time and trundled its way round via Halifax to Huddersfield
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Our 150 at the far end of the platform
A good day out, Northern did as much as could be expected so 8/10. being a weekend the KWVR was a little busy for my liking, but they need the money. All ran to plan so 8/10 for them also.
