SNOW and flooding failed to stop Keighleys historic locomotive Bahamas as it steamed through the Yorkshire Dales all the way to Cumbria.<\/p>\n
The 85-year-old locos latest journey on the mainline, from Keighley to the famous Settle to Carlisle railway, sold out.<\/p>\n
The engine, owned by the Ingrow-based Bahamas Locomotive Society, ran successfully on time throughout its entire trip despite poor weather.<\/p>\n
Among the passengers on the train were Keighley town mayor Cllr Peter Corkindale and Keith Whitmore, chairman of the Bahamas Society.<\/p>\n
Another of the passengers, Keighley-born Sam Steventon, a member of the society, entered the raffle and won the prize of the numberplate 45596 of Bahamas which was carried on the loco.<\/p>\n
Bahamas made its long-awaited return to the mainline last year with two sold-out journeys, after volunteers and specialists had spent several years restoring the locomotive with 1 million Heritage Lottery Fund money.<\/p>\n
The locomotive was saved from scrap in 1967 by the Bahamas Locomotive Society, which has a workshop and museum at Ingrow West railway station.<\/p>\n
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway organised the railtour, spending profits on maintenance of the local line.<\/p>\n
Bahamas was built as a standard Jubilee Class in 1934 by the North British Locomotive Company and entered service in January 1935.<\/p>\n
It was withdrawn from traffic on July 23 1966 after getting through nine boilers, ten tenders and running more than 1.25 million miles.<\/p>\n
Keith Whitmore, chairman of the Bahamas Locomotive Society Chairman, said his organisation had been delighted to once again work with the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway following the sell-out Settle to Carlisle trips last year.<\/p>\n
High-profile visitors to Bahamas since its restoration have included HRH the Duke of Kent and the Bishop of Wakefield, Tony Robinson.<\/p>\n
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