Our huge thanks are recorded to all the K&WVR volunteers for our railtour using railbus 79964 as the perfect vehicle. This 'members only' group also enjoyed 'bonus traction' with Class 20 20031 plus industrial 'James' which shunted the tour at Ingrow. As always, many Society members helped make the day special with the various support roles they play, including Peter Scott, Martyn Brailsford, Jim Sellens, Robert Harvey, Gary Lonsdale and of course the irrepressible organiser Kev Adlam.

The private charter started from Oxenhope and made a normal run to pick up at Keighley, then completed all the available lines at Ingrow, including running almost to the end of the specially cleared No1 road at the Vintage Carriage Trust Museum into the workshop area. There is even a 'BLS Shed' here as in 'Bahamas Locomotive Society', refugees from the former Dinting Railway Centre that sadly closed in 1981. The number '58926' was painted on one of the building's girders, as carried by coal tank (LNWR 1054) in BR days including on 5 January 1958 when it worked the infamous SLS 'Last train from Abergavenny to Merthyr'. The loco is now looked after by the 'other' BLS. Oakworth was next where both sidings were covered and a run made up to the Goods Shed doors over the flat siding crossing for completeness.

At Oxenhope, after the group had taken in the station run round loop and run to the very end of the line, an outstanding lunch buffet was provided in the museum Pullman coaches, with thanks to the K&WVR catering staff. Whilst shunting continued elsewhere on the line, our railbus ran back to Haworth depot and then completed every road from the running line outwards, each as far as possible, including over the locomotive inspection pit and running well inside the shed on No2 & 3 Roads. Back at Oxenhope, three sections of the shed roads and its headshunt were traversed before the Class 20 piloted the train back to Haworth. Finally, at Keighley all the lines were clear and covered including the headshunt, then to the NR boundary and across the turntable to the stop blocks.

After setting down, departure from P3 followed back to Oxenhope to end a very comprehensive charter raising a creditable £1,100 for K&WVR funds.