Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for Taff Vale Railway No. 426 (85), a 0-6-2T located in Oxenhope, Yorkshire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

VR 0-6-2T No. 85 in Haworth yard, 28 June 2008

After withdrawal from the NCB Philadelphia system, No 85 stands in the derelict shed at Philadelphia, surrounded by other withdrawn locos. It is in the centre of the photo, behind No 5 front right. 5 is also a survivor.

Cab view in October 2018. Notice the right hand drive, lever reverse, injectors on the backhead and two water sight glasses.

Oil and water don't mix as you can see in this view of the inside slide bars and Stephenson Link valve gear on a rainy day in October 2018.

The works plate on a rainy day in October 2018. Neilson Reid would become part of North British Locomotive Company in 1903 when it was created by the merger of the three big Glasgow locomotive builders.

Pictured on a visit to the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway in October 2018. Heavy rain on the day makes for a steamy photo.

TVR 0-6-2T No. 85 Takes centre stage in Haworth yard, 28 June 2008

No.85 sandwiched between L&Y 0-6-0 No. 957, in front, and 2-6-4T No. 80002, behind, departing Keighley as a triple-header on 29 June 2008

No.85 shunting outside Keighley Station, 29 June 2008

Former Taff vale Railway 0-6-2T No.85 blasts off from Keighley with a demonstration freight train during the Spring Gala at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 6th March 2020

Former Taff Vale Railway 0-6-2T No.85 in charge of a passenger train from Keighley past typical during the Spring Gala at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 6th March 2020

Former Taff Vale Railway 0-6-2T No.85 climbs away from Keighley past typical West Yorkshire industrial buildings with a demonstration freight train during the Spring Gala at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 6th March 2020

No. 85 meets BR Class 5 No.73156 at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's Autumn Gala on September 23rd 2022.

Withdrawn from service and displayed in the shed at Oxenhope, Taff Vale Railway No.85 awaits its next overhaul on 21st March 2026.


Taff Vale Railway 0-6-2T No. 426 (85) Oxenhope, Yorkshire, UK	Location: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Status: Display