TheMuseum of Rail Travel at Ingrow,England is operated by theVintage Carriages Trust (VCT), a charity based just north ofIngrow (West) railway station on theKeighley and Worth Valley Railway inWest 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 andtelevision programmes.
Two of the steam locomotives owned by VCT – "Sir Berkeley" and "Bellerophon" have visited railways in theNetherlands. "Bellerophon" has also visitedBelgium. "Sir Berkeley" is on loan to theMiddleton Railway,Leeds. A third locomotive, Lord Mayor, an 0-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotive is on static display in the museum.
The Vintage Carriages Trust owns the following carriages:
Until early 2008, the museum was also home to a 1948Scammell "mechanical horse", on loan fromTate & 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 intoLNER blue livery, the mechanical horse and a matching trailer left Ingrow for pastures new in June 2008.[3]
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