Locomotive 43924 about to leave Oxenhope Station, part of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

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Locomotive 43924 about to leave Oxenhope Station, part of 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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Photo credit: © West Yorkshire Images / Alamy / Afripics
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