A boy racing a steam train as it pulls out of Keighley Station, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

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A boy racing a steam train as it pulls out of Keighley Station, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The line from Keighley to Oxenhope was opened in 1867 to supply coal to local mills. British Rail closed the line in 1962. It was reopened in 1968 and has been run by volunteers ever since. The line is famous as the location for the 1970 film The Railway Children.

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Size: 5286px × 3524px
Location: Keighley
Photo credit: © West Yorkshire Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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