Worth Valley, February 2008
Taff Vale Railway O2 Class 0-6-2T No. 85 climbs from Haworth to Oxenhope on 17th February 2008.
No. 85 was one of nine O2 Class tank engines built for the Taff Vale Railway by Neilson, Reid & Co. in 1899. It was taken into GWR stock at the time of the railway grouping in 1923 and was withdrawn from service sometime between 1926 and 1928. It was then sold to the National Coal Board and used at their Philadelphia Colliery and subsequently saved for preservation.
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Worth Valley, February 2008
Taff Vale Railway O2 Class 0-6-2T No. 85 climbs from Haworth to Oxenhope on 17th February 2008.
No. 85 was one of nine O2 Class tank engines built for the Taff Vale Railway by Neilson, Reid & Co. in 1899. It was taken into GWR stock at the time of the railway grouping in 1923 and was withdrawn from service sometime between 1926 and 1928. It was then sold to the National Coal Board and used at their Philadelphia Colliery and subsequently saved for preservation.
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