Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for London Midland & Scottish Railway No. 47279, a 0-6-0T located in Oxenhope, Yorkshire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Awaiting rescue from Barry scrapyard where it was a resident from 1966 to 1979.

Departing Haworth for Oxenhope on 1 January 1996

An evocative winter afternoon photo of the loco departing Ingrow on 1 January 1996.

47279 down to Keighley from Haworth on 28 January 1996

Displayed in the museum shed at Oxenhope on 27 May 2019

0-6-0T No.47279 leaving Damens Tunnel, Haworth on 4 June 2010

On display at Oxenhope on 28th July 2024.

Behind the cylinder block of the loco, showing the valve spindles in the middle of the photo with the slide bars for the cylinders on either side. 28th July 2024.

The builder's plate on the leading splasher on 28th July 2024. Vulcan Foundry was established in the very early days of locomotive manufacture and built many locomotives for the home market and export, including diesel and electric locomotives. Today, the works has been demolished and replaced with a housing estate.


London Midland & Scottish Railway 0-6-0T No. 47279 Oxenhope, Yorkshire, UK	Location: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Status: Awaiting Overhaul