Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for British Railways No. 34092 'City of Wells', a 4-6-2 located in Bury, Lancashire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Pictured at the Spa Valley Railway showing the left hand side of the loco. The West Country class bore the names of places in South West England, in this case, Wells, Somerset. The arms of the city are displayed below the nameplate.

Back in action, 340892 sets off from Keighley on 11th October 2014.

Recreating the 'Golden Arrow' London - Paris service over Oakworth viaduct on a gloomy 30th March 1980.

Back in it'sold haunts on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, 'City of Wells' hauls a re-creation of the 'Golden Arrow' train up from Keighley station during the railway's 50th Anniversary Gala. Not a chance of the passengers reaching Dover, let alone Paris!

'City of Wells' backing down to the original Bradford Forster Square station on 9 June 1985.

34092 departing from the original Bradford Forster Square station on 9th June 1985.

34092 approaching Crossflats, west of Bingley on 9th June 1985.

Recreating the 'Golden Arrow' London - Paris service departing Keighley Station on a gloomy 30th March 1980.

In the cab of 'City of Wells'

34092 'City of Wells' emerging from Damens Tunnel, Haworth on 5 May 1987

Pictured at its present base (2021), the East Lancashire Railway, Bury Bolton Street station. yet again, bedecked with 'Golden Arrow' regalia, and why not?

Pictured at Bury Bolton Street station showing the left hand cylinder, piston rod and single slide bar. The valve gear for all three cylinders is chain driven and inside the frames.

Pictured at Swanage during the Swanage Railway's 'Strictly Bulleid II' Gala on 8th June 2024.


British Railways 4-6-2 No. 34092 'City of Wells' Bury, Lancashire, UK	Location: East Lancashire Railway Status: Operational