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Museum of Rail Travel

Coordinates: 53°51′19″N 01°54′48″W / 53.85528°N 1.91333°W / 53.85528; -1.91333
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Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow West Railway Station

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 museum was re-branded as the "Carriage Works Museum" in 2023.

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.

The VCT Collection

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Carriages

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The Vintage Carriages Trust owns the following carriages:

Road vehicles

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Until early 2008, the museum was also home to a 1948 Scammell "mechanical horse", on loan from Tate & Lyle. 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[1] – 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.[2]

After a lengthy restoration into LNER blue livery, the mechanical horse and a matching trailer left Ingrow for pastures new in June 2008.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Speeding fine for 18mph museum piece". Manchester Evening News. 26 July 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Speeding ticket for museum piece". Telegraph & Argus (Bradford). 26 July 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Scammell Mechanical Horse". VCT website. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
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53°51′19″N 01°54′48″W / 53.85528°N 1.91333°W / 53.85528; -1.91333