WORTH VALLEY TURNS GREEN FOR SPRING GALA
Apr 07, 2020
3 minutes
Robin Jones and Gareth Evans.
ALAN WEAVER
TOM NOBLE
RODNEY TOWERS
ANDREW SOUTHWELL
Eight locomotives drew in the crowds when they steamed during the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway’s (KWVR) March 6-8 spring steam gala as the poor winter weather held off.
Around 2500 passengers rode during the event, which saw GWR 2-6-2T No. 4144 from Didcot Railway Centre as the guest locomotive.
Built at Swindon in September 1946, the 5101 class prairie was first allocated to Severn Tunnel Junction, where it
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