Worth Valley stages first ever standard gauge bio-coal trial
Mar 15, 2022
3 minutes
Words and pictures by Sally Clifford
THE Keighley & WorthValley Railway has completed the first ever bio-coal trial to be undertaken on a standard gauge locomotive – as global concerns over pollution and a potential fuel shortage has prompted some heritage lines to trial environmentally-friendly alternatives.
COP26, the United Nations climate change conference, demonstrated global consciousness and an imperative on plans to be put in place for the future. So perhaps February 14 – Valentine’s Day – was a pertinent gesture for the KWVR to embrace such change by demonstrating its own commitment to going
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