Vintage Carriages Trust is a charity based just north of Ingrow (West} station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in West Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1965, it became a Registered Charity in 1981 and opened the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow in 1990. Ingrow is a suburb of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. ... Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41241 at Haworth station The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a five-mile (eight-km) long heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England, that runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

You may well have seen some of the carriages or steam locomotives which are owned by Vintage Carriages Trust, even if you have never been to Ingrow, as the Trust has provided railway carriages for over 50 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 currently on loan to the Middleton Railway,Leeds The Middleton Railway is the worlds oldest working railway. ...

The Museum of Rail Travel is also home to a 3-wheel Scammell "mechanical horse" lorry, which achieved fame after police said they caught the lorry speeding at 44 miles per hour - in fact the lorry has a maxium speed of only 18 miles per hour. TBO 312 Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of trucks, particularly specialist and military off-highway vehicles from 1921 to 1988. ...

The VCT Collection

The Vintage Carriages Trust owns the following carriages:

• Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway four-wheeled tri-composite no. 176, built 1876
• Midland Railway 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 frst no. 509, built 1923
• Southern Railway brake third no. 3554, built 1924
• British Railways "Bulleid" design third no. 1469, built 1950

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Internet databases

The Vintage Carriages Trust website is also the gateway to the Railway Heritage Register Preserved Carriage Database - with over 5,000 entries, and the Railway Heritage Register Wagon Database

External links

• Vintage Carriages Trust website
• Filming credits
• Aerial photo of Museum of Rail Travel. Other map and aerial photo sources.
• Preserved Carriage Database