90733 Keighley KWVR 26.6.09
All 733 WD class 2.8.0. locos that survived into service with British Railways after WW2 went for scrap, but the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway rescued one that had survived in Sweden.
The Swedish railways made some alterations to their engine including fitting a three wheel tender and a weatherproof cab ,but the KWVR have done a wonderful job of restoration including building a new eight wheel tender and returned it to service in 2007.
See a picture of this loco as it arrived from Sweden in my KWVR album.
90733 Keighley KWVR 26.6.09
All 733 WD class 2.8.0. locos that survived into service with British Railways after WW2 went for scrap, but the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway rescued one that had survived in Sweden.
The Swedish railways made some alterations to their engine including fitting a three wheel tender and a weatherproof cab ,but the KWVR have done a wonderful job of restoration including building a new eight wheel tender and returned it to service in 2007.
See a picture of this loco as it arrived from Sweden in my KWVR album.