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Buildings and structures in KeighleyEngland rail transport stubsKeighley and Worth Valley RailwayMuseums in the City of BradfordRailway museums in England
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Workshop at the Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow West Railway Station geograph.org.uk 1962780
Workshop at the Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow West Railway Station geograph.org.uk 1962780

The Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow, England is operated by the Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT), a charity based just north of Ingrow (West) railway station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in West Yorkshire. Founded in 1965, it became a registered charity in 1981 and opened in 1990. The Trust has provided railway carriages for over 70 films and television programmes. Two of the steam locomotives owned by VCT - "Sir Berkeley" and "Bellerophon" have visited railways in the Netherlands. "Bellerophon" has also visited Belgium. "Sir Berkeley" is on loan to the Middleton Railway, Leeds. A third locomotive, Lord Mayor, an 0-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotive is on static display in the museum.

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Museum of Rail Travel
South Street, Bradford

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