Daves Railpics
UK Heritage Railways - Standard Gauge


I lost interest in railways when steam finished on B.R. in the late 1960`s. However on a trip to West Yorkshire in 1977,
I came across the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. I quickly became hooked on steam, for the second time, on a memorable
journey behind 0-6-0 USA  tank No.72  uphill from Keighley to Oxenhope. As I stood at the open  carriage window next to the
locomotive it felt as though I was actually on the footplate. This loco is pictured above at Keighley, in its later BR livery and No.30072.
Summer holidays from that time were arranged around visits to preserved railways!

This gallery features my rambles around the UK Heritage Railways since 1977 .

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Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
A series of archive K&WVR pics, from one of the pioneers of railway preservation
 A DMU Drivers Eye View of the KWVR
Pictures of the KWVR from the front of the class 108 DMU
 KWVR in the 21st Century
More up to date pictures of KWVR including Steam Galas in 2000, 2003 & 2005.
 The Jolly Fisherman trains run again with double headed class 20s
The KWVR reacreated the "Jolly Fisherman" trains to Skegness from the Midlands in June 2008
 KWVR Diesel Gala 6th June 2008
Pics of diesel gala icluding visiting locos D1023, D6737, D7612, 20110, 20087, 31108 & 37087.
 KWVR 40th Anniversary Gala 27-29 June 2008
gala to celebrate 40 years of independent operation from 1968 - Visiting "Sir Lamiel", "The Great Marquess" & 45212.

 
 
 


Great Central Railway miscellany
A series of pictures from the GCR - the only preserved double track mainline in UK!
 Robinson GCR 04 locomotive at GCR
pictures of the superbly restored 2-8-0 freight loco
 Around Loughborough shed
scenes around the engine shed at Loughborough GCR
 BBC1 films Casualty at the GCR
A very realistic accident scene shot at the GCR by BBC1

 
 
 

East Lancashire Railway
Pics from the Steam Special event in March 2000
 North Yorkshire Moors Railway
The line with superb scenery and gradients - Gala day pics in 2000 & 2001 + archive shots
 NYMR on Network Rail metals
Pics from 24/08/07 Grosmont to Whitby steam service, and 4/10/09 to Battersby with 70013
NYMR archive pictures
Pictures of NYMR locos dating back to early 1980`s
 Mid Norfolk Railway
Pics of GWR pannier tank loco on MNR in Aug 2008

 
 
 

Bluebell Railway
pictures of the "Golden Arrow" dining train at Horstead Keynes
Severn Valley Railway
A quick jaunt to the SVR made a nice autumn steam outing in November 2005
Swanage Railway
The beautiful Purbeck Line in September 2005
 Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway
My first visit to the GWR in May 2006 - most impressed!

 
 
 

Barrow Hill Roundhouse
Series of pictures from the LNER steam gala 10/11/07 and the "GWR in the Roundhouse" gala July 2003 

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