A tribute to all the Volunteers at KWVR & Firemen Richard Walker

During KWVR winter gala the railway lost one of its young volunteers, Fireman Richard Walker, this films is a tribute his and his fellow volunteers for all their hard work that keeps steam running in the Valley. WD 90733 carried a wreaf in his memory during the days steaming on the 20th Feb 2010.

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• steam
• railway
• train
• kwvr
• wd
• 90733

[balmesh]

Thanks Ken - brilliant. I loved that beautifully clean exhaust in the opening shot, against a clear blue sky! You missed out the "w" in Wreath, by the way. Can you explain to the ignorant how Richard died so suddenly? It passed me by.

Alan

[pennysteam]

From what I gather he passed away in his sleep.

[scruttles]

Thank you, from a (regretfully) non volunteering member.

[RickRoper]

@ShaurntheSheep The earth abutment has been excavated as part of the clearance of the disused mill buildings which were adjacent to the Railway, and the general tidying of that area. I don't know if the earthworks will be replaced. Hopefully they will.

[Locknut61]

A great video and tribute to Richard.

Richard was rostered as fireman that day. To cover the duty four of his closest friends decided to fire a trip each. As you can see they turned the engine out superbly.

Thank-you very much for posting this, he is greatly missed.

Chris.

[rab4472]

Excellent footage and a nice tribute to Richard and the team at KWVR. It must have been hard for them to carry on working over the weekend. Condolences to his family.

Mike

[PenrithBeacon]

Very good, 5*

[7P46115]

Fantastic video, not having been to the KVWR i dont really know many people there, but my thoughts are with his family and all the volunteers at the KVWR. Loved the shots of 3:46 , looked like a shot from Copy Pit.

5* fantastic video.

[ShaurntheSheep]

hay look 04:30 that brdge is a bit doggy never knew it was like that straght over the edge