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Did you know that you can order goods or even renew your membership with one simple phone call? The KWVR stocks a huge range of transport books, videos and DVDs, along with souvenir items for all the family. Ring the SALES HOTLINE on 01535 645214 (midweek 10am to 4pm)
The Railway Children (EMI - 1970) The DVD version of this ever-popular film is now again available Haworth shop. It costs just £12-99 plus £1.50 postage and packing.
Worth Valley & Queensbury Triangle - Add-on route for Microsoft Train Simulator- VERSION TWO A new and updated version of this best selling CD-ROM will be released in May. Apart from featuring both past and present versions of the line, it will also include Bradford and Halifax lines and associated branches, including the Halifax High Level and Bradford City Goods Branch. The original version was produced by KWVR volunteer Roger North and received rave reviews in the specialist press. His updated version will be exclusively available from us in MAY at just £14.99 (plus £1.50 for postage and packing).
KWVR Full Colour Guide Book It's full steam ahead for the new KWVR Guide Book, which has been receiving ravereviews in the railway press: "This is exactly the type of guidebook that should be on offer at all our heritage railways" - Heritage Railway magazine "The layout is well thought out and interesting and the photographs are superb" David Woodhouse - H.R.A. The guide is essential reading for all railway buffs and costs just £3 (plus 50p for postage and packing). To order your copy, simply phone 01535 645214 between 10am and 4pm and let our staff do the rest.
Halifax Passenger Transport by Geoffrey Hilditch, Oakwood Press, £27.50 New from Oakwood Press comes this substantial hardback which considers the trams, buses and trolleybuses of Halifax Passenger Transport between 1897 and 1963. A must for any transport enthusiast, this authoratitive work is available for £27.50 plus £3 postage & packing.
The Illustrated Railway Children by E. Nesbit Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the story's first appearance in serialised form in The London Magazine. This book is beautifully illustrated and carries a forward by Jenny Agutter. The cost is £16.99 (plus £3 for postage and packing).
Severn Valley Railway: A View from the Past, by Michael A. Vanns, Ian Allen Publishing, 96 pages, 235 x 172 mm. H/back. ISBN 0 7110 2599 1. £15.99. It’s a salutary reminder of just how much of a headstart our Railway had over other heritage railways that two years after we reopened the branch to Oxenhope, BR were still operating passenger trains on part of the Severn Valley’s route, from Kidderminster to Bewdley. Just how much the character of what is surely one of the wonders of the railway preservation movement, the Severn Valley Railway, has changed since the subsequent re-opening is evident from this book (first published in 1998). Collieries, the lost section from Bridgnorth through Ironbridge to Shrewsbury, BR freights, GWR railcars, a BR single car diesel on a snowbound service from Hartlebury to Bewdley a year after our line re-opened – it’s all there in 140 black and white photos and line drawings.
RAILWAYS IN IRELAND, written and published by Martin Bairstow at £13.95. Part One: Great Northern, Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties, Londonderry & Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Cavan & Leitrim, Clogher Valley, Castlederg and Victoria Bridge. ISBN 1 871944 31 7 So what did you do on your holidays? If you put that question to Haworth railway enthusiast Peter Sunderland and related it to the 1950’s and early 60’s, the answer would be “photographed as many of Ireland’s wonderful railways as possible”. Just as well he did because the infamous “Great Closure” of 30 September 1957 eradicated many of these
British Railways Locomotives, Combined Volume 1950, Includes Locoshed Allocations, edited by A.F. Cook. Ian Allen Publishing. 278 pages, 110 x 160mm. H/back. ISBN 0 7110 3106 1 £10.99. This facsimile reprint includes lists of all locos on BR at the time, with sections listing classes, numbers, names and shed allocations in a different order to that familiar to spotters starting the hobby some seven or eight years later. What a wonderful collection of esoteric and obscure locos still ran then on our recently nationalised railways – when the Standards were on the drawing board and order book, but not the tracks; when many pre-grouping designs were still being built and Midland 0-4-4T’s pushed-and-pulled their way between Oxenhope and Keighley. It’s a fascinating exercise to go through the book and see where our Railway’s locos were then based: 41241 at 71G Bath S&D; 52044 (957) at 25A Wakefield; 47279 at 15A Wellingborough; 68077 at 40B Immingham; 34092 at 73A Stewart’s Lane; 45212 at 28B Aintree and so on. The WD was in either Holland or Sweden; the S160 was in Poland and the DRB’s, the DMU’s , Vulcan, the 25 and 20 and so on were unlikely to even have been a glimmer in their designers’ eyes. I always found it fascinating in trainspotting days to see what the first engine in the book was: in this edition, it’s a 0-4-0ST Peckett supplied to Ystalyfera Tin Works as BR stock list No. 1, carrying the magnificently O.T.T. name, Hercules. And then there were the other ‘namers’: we may have City of Wells at Haworth and have enjoyed visits from Flying Scotsman, Duke of Gloucester and Britannia et al, but who remembers 2953 Titley Court, 62440 Wandering Willie, 54404 Ben Clebrig or my all time favourite for a ‘snappy’ name to trip off the tongue: 60809 The Snapper, The East Yorkshire Regiment, The Duke of York’s Own? They were all somewhere to spot. Hours of nostalgic browsing in these pages.
British Railways Locomotives Combined Volume Spring 1963, Ian Allen Publishing, 3488 pages, 110 x 160mm. H/back. ISBN 0 7110 3168 1 £12.99. A decade later and steam was on its way out. Much exotica had vanished and early diesel and electric locos and m.u’s were being listed. Our Railway’s Waggon und Maschinenbau railbuses are listed, so too is our Class 20; 75078 and 78022; 68077 (now at the Spa Valley) was already off the books and those of us who owned an original remember the depressing task each month of crossing out favourite and “yet to cop” locos chopped up by the scrapman’s torch. However the fledgling KWVRPS showed what might one day possible. The perfect complement to the 1950 volume.
Trackside Publications - Special Offers
Pennine Motor Services 1925 to 2000 by Donald Binns - £13.95 Locomotive classics Volume 1 - Midland & LMS Compounds by Donald Binns - £5.99 The Central Railway of Peru & the Cerro De Pasco Railway by Donald Binns - £6.99 The Anglo-Chilean Nitrate & Railway Company by Donald Binns - £6.95 The Antofagasta (Chili) & Bolivia Railway by JM Turner & RF Ellis - £6.95
London Transport in Colour 1950 – 1969, by Kevin McCormack, Ian Allen Publishing, 80 pages, 240 x 188mm. H/back. ISBN 0-7110-3073-1. £14.99. Here’s the Mets from VCT’s collection at Ingrow West in everyday commuter use on London Transport, with evocative colour pictures of a Fairburn 2-6-4T No. 42253 coupling up at Rickmansworth on to a set of these Dreadnought carriages for the run to Aylesbury. Indeed there are many similar full colour full page portraits of these most venerable of Worth Valley carriages behind Fairburns, London Transport electric locos and even the preserved Metropolitan Tank No. L44 which visited our Railway a few years ago from the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton Road. Could those grumpy looking commuters staring out of the page, while locos were exchanged on this wooden bodied stock, ever have imagined their starring role in so many films and Vintage Train Days? I searched in vain in these pages for our Pannier Tank in its guise as London Transport’s L89 but found sisters L94 and L91; was forced to admit how much I like Routemaster buses and Green Line coaches, as many appear in these pages and ahh’d and ooh’d over photos reminding me of student days near Harlow, taking a Sunday constitutional to the least used station on LT, Blake Hall, between Ongar and Epping. As the book points out, it closed in 1981 and by then, the gorgeous red London trolleybuses and trams were long gone. But they’re here, in immaculate condition, in these pages and you’ll love this glimpse into getting around bygone London.
Railways in North Lincolnshire by Chris Bates & Martin Bairstow The story behind the busiest freight lines in Britain and some of the country's most obscure branches, including the Axholme Joint on which KWVR-based LYR 0-6-0 957 spent much of its working life. RAILWAYS IN NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE by Worth Valley members Chris Bates and Martin Bairstow describes the rise of Immingham docks from the "Great Central's White Elephant" to Britain 's busiest port, generating 20% of the nation's rail freight. KWVR Stations volunteer Dave Enefer took the cover picture showing a Class 66 on imported coal passing semaphore signals and the GC box at Barnetby East to show illustrate the contrasts to be found within the area's railways and ports. Haworth enthusiast Peter Sunderland provided photos of New Holland Pier in steam days and much else. Lines covered include Doncaster - Cleethorpes; Lincoln/Retford - Barnetby, branches to Goxhill, Immingham, Whitton and Barton on Humber, the New Holland paddle steamers, Grimsby trams, Humber shipping ancient and modern, Scunthorpe steelworks, lines around Gainsborough, the Cleethorpes Coast and the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railways and much else. Colour and black and white, with maps and some signalling diagrams. ISBN 1 871944 30 9. £12.95 (plus 50p for postage and packing) from Haworth shop.
Railway Moods - The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway by Mike Heath The ultimate K&WVR coffee table book, this well produced hardback provides a photographic journey along the line. The colour photographs are of good quality and appear to have been taken over the last ten years. Well worth a look at £12.99 (plus £3 for postage and packing).
Signalling in the Age of Steam, by Michael A. Vanns, Ian Allen Publishing, 112 pages, 120 x 180mm. P/back. ISBN 0-7110-2350-6. £8.99. My late father and grandfather were both signalmen: in my grandfather’s case, always on the single-track-with-passing loops Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway and in my father’s case, moving on from Welland Bank, Spalding, on the M&GN, with its automatic token catchers on Ivatt 4MT’s, J6’s and B12’s, to the altogether more difficult junctions at Bury St Edmunds, then Brocklesby and finally the smaller box at Grimsby Friargate. So when as DRB guard I’m taking the token into Damems Junction box, I’m often conscious of the need to be able to answer passengers’ questions about what we’re doing more authoritatively than I can. I’ve always felt my knowledge of signalling is not what it should be: father and grandfather would be justly critical. This book corrects that. The author is involved in the Severn Valley Railway’s signalling projects and draws heavily on what you can see at Bewdley in the way of Sykes banner repeaters and other classic items to illustrate his detailed, authoritative and clearly set out book. Just look at the point rodding outside Kidderminster box! Indeed it’s worth quoting the foreword to get a flavour of the usefulness of this pocket sized guide: "If there is a bias in this book, then it is towards the secrets of the signalbox. Of the many and varied working environments that industry created over the years, there were few as special as that of a signalbox, large or small, busy or quiet. More people have seen and photographed outdoor signalling equipment than have experienced the unique private world of the signalbox. This book will help to redress the balance”. It does. And I will be rather better informed in future thanks to it, when calling at Damems Junction.
Hornby 'Live Steam' Mallard Limited stocks of this superb new model at £499. Phone Haworth shop for details.
Thomas' Diecast Toys - ERTL & Magic Railroad range We have managed to secure a limited supply of these now discontinued toys. Not to be confused with the current 'Take Along' series, these are the original ERTL models and are sure to become collectors items in years to come. Contact us for current stock details
Model Railways A comprehensive range of Hornby, Bachmann and Graham Farish items stocked, including models bearing KWVR numbers (D3336, 47279, 43924, 51218, 80002, 41241). Phone us direct with your requirements.
Postcards
A huge range of exclusive postcards covering KWVR locomotives past and present, stations, coaches, special events and local scenes. Price 25p or 5 for £1
Push & Pull Magazine Binders These are currently in stock and are available from Haworth shop for £5.99 (plus £1 for postage and packing).
Calendars A wide range now available at various prices. Ring for full details.
Videos and DVDs about the K&WVR The official KWVR video by Cinerail is available at £12.95 (plus £1.50 for postage and packing) on either VHS or DVD
Other Videos and DVDs We stock a huge range of transport related video tapes & DVDs - far too many to list here. Also for personal callers, we have 25% off selected railway VHS video tapes in Haworth shop. Ring for details.
KWVR Membership For nearly forty years, the Railway has been owned, operated and managed by the qualified volunteers of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society. Apart from having the opportunity to play an active role in the Railway, members receive many special benefits:
TO BECOME A MEMBER - simply phone the Sales Hotline on 01535 645214 midweek between 10am and 4pm
How to order goods .................... BY POST - contact Sales Dept., K&WVR, The Railway Station, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 8NJ. BY PHONE - ring 01535 645214 midweek between 10am and 4pm. BY FAX - send order to 01535 647317 BY E MAIL - send order and daytime telephone number to 'admin@kwvr.co.uk' For security reasons, please DO NOT include your card details with your e-mail message. We will contact you directly for this information prior to the despatch of your order Most credit and debit cards accepted. Please make cheques payable to 'KWVRPS'. Please note that a small charge for postage and packing may be made.
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