The Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow,

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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 The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is a heritage railway line in the Worth Valley, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the National Rail network at Keighley railway station. History Inception ...

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. 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

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programmes. Two of the steam locomotives owned by VCT - "Sir Berkeley" and "Bellerophon" have visited railways in the

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. "Bellerophon" has also visited

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. "Sir Berkeley" is on loan to the

Middleton Railway The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway, situated in the English city of Leeds. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway, run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd. since 1960. The rail ...

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. A third locomotive, Lord Mayor, an 0-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotive is on static display in the museum.

The VCT Collection

Carriages

The Vintage Carriages Trust owns the following carriages: *

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four-wheeled tri-composite no. 176, built 1876 *

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

composite no. 357, built 1886 * Great Northern Railway brake third no. 589, built 1888 * Great Northern Railway brake composite no. 2856, built 1898 * Metropolitan Railway brake third no. 427, built 1910 * Metropolitan Railway third no. 465, built 1919 * Metropolitan Railway first no. 509, built 1923 * Southern Railway brake third no. 3554, built 1924 * British Railways Bulleid design third no. 1469, built 1950

Road vehicles

Until early 2008, the museum was also home to a 1948

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"mechanical horse", on loan from

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. This lorry attracted media attention in July 2002 when the museum received a speeding ticket, from Greater Manchester Police, claiming that the three-wheel vehicle had been caught speeding at 44 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone – when in fact it has a maximum speed of only 18 mph. (It was a case of mistaken identity: a Belgian car with the same number plate has been caught on camera in Bolton). Museum bosses were pleased to be able to show CCTV footage in its defence – at the time of the incident it was in pieces in the Museum's workshops. After a lengthy restoration into

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blue livery, the mechanical horse and a matching trailer left Ingrow for pastures new in June 2008.

References

External links

Vintage Carriages Trust website

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