Vintage Carriages Trust

Museum of Rail Travel/Carriageworks based in Ingrow Rail Station Yard, Keighley, as part of 'Rail Story'.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

A huge thank you to @AntCoulls for the fantastic dedication speech at the launch event over the weekend, and of course a massive thank you to this man - Roger Crombleholme - our little green locomotive would not be where it is today without him.

[Anthony Coulls @AntCoulls]

11am, and after a short speech by myself, the relaunch of Manning Wardle locomotive 'Sir Berkeley' @MiddletonRailwa seen here with Roger Crombleholme, the man who bought it for preservation in 1964.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Welcome back Sir Berkeley!
After an overhaul from our friends at @MiddletonRailwa, our industrial locomotive MW 1210 was officially launched back into service. Huge thanks to the efforts of everyone at the VCT, Middleton Railway, our members, supporters & partners.
📷 @Hobo_Tom

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Thanks to our members who attended our AGM yesterday. It was great to talk about our wonderful carriages, locomotives, museum and @RailStoryIngrow partnership.
To find out more about membership, including the benefits, please email [email protected]

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Yesterday, our locomotive Sir Berkeley was given a major boost when the weatherboard and tank were replaced. Last week, cab side panels and the chimney were replaced, so the engine is rapidly coming together!
Well done to our friends at @MiddletonRailwa for their hard work!

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

We had a successful Chairman's Day with our membership & guests over the weekend. It was good to see many familiar faces again, as well as new ones. We shared updates on some of our latest ventures and achievements, and of course enjoyed a lovely buffet lunch!

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

We are hiring a temporary, part-time member of staff (front of house), to work on Sundays & Mondays 09:30-17:00. Initially the appointment will run from April to the end of October, 2022.
Expressions of interest to be made to Dave Carr: [email protected] by Monday 4 April.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Are you visiting the Keighley & Worth Valley Steam Gala this weekend? Don't forget to visit our shop at Ingrow for some bargains!
We have special gala offers on a range of books & magazines, and lots of pre-loved model railway items in stock at competitive prices!
See you there!

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Work on our locomotive 'Sir Berkeley' is coming along nicely with our friends at @MiddletonRailwa! Here's a recent photo of some of the smart paintwork.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Yesterday we had our AGM! Matters were agreed upon, future plans were considered, and a new trustee was elected. The yearly 'Wallace and Gromit award' went collectively to our membership for all the support they have shown us in the covid-19 pandemic.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

First look at 'The Railway Children Return' - featuring carriages of ours, and filmed locally. Coming 2022! 🎬

https://t.co/E9XY8H0Wbb

[Middleton Railway @MiddletonRailwa]

The tubes for @vct_ingrow owned Sir Berkeley arrived last week and the task this weekend was to fit them all ready to be expanded to ensure that they won't leak which is the next task to do.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Two of our Metropolitan carriages (465 and 427) will be used for the @WorthValley Mixed Traffic Gala!

Find out more about the gala and booking information here: https://t.co/UAXrrA8xQP

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

The wheelsets are out! Time to get to work on these.
The overhaul of Midland 358 continues.

Photos: Paul Holroyd and Chris Smith

[Steve @stveng77]

@ArnoldLaneTMD If you want to buy copies of these magazines, a good place to look is @vct_ingrow, they have a shop full of old magazines which they sell for a very reasonable fee, and all profits go into the excellent restoration work they do

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

After missing out last year due to the pandemic, we were lucky to have our annual Chairman's Day today! Big thanks to all our members who could be there, as well as to those who supported us from afar.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

We are happy to announce that two of our Metropolitan carriages (our newly painted 465 alongside our 427 brake) will be used for the @WorthValley Vintage Train Weekends this Summer!
Find out more about Vintage Trains and booking information here: https://t.co/MP1VHcFu4l

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

An update to our covid-19 procedures on our site at Ingrow!

[Rail Story at Ingrow @RailStoryIngrow]

Government restrictions from 19th July are changing, but we've decided that the protection of staff, volunteers and visitors is the priority.
We will not enforce anything that is no longer a legal requirement but we advise visitors to respect our safety preferences, stated below.

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

We love a good celebratory cake!

[Alexandra Stockdale-Haley @alexandrajhaley]

Spent some of this afternoon looking through historical photos at @vct_ingrow - for some reason our archive seems to contain a huge amount of photos of cake 🍰🚂

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

Lots of books at great discounted prices! Come down and see us this weekend.

[Rail Story at Ingrow @RailStoryIngrow]

SUPER SATURDAY SALE!

Join us on Saturday (11am-4pm) for a huge book sale of railway-related titles starting at just 50p! Tables will be set out in the Carriage Works, Learning Coach and outside the Engine Shed for you to browse. 📚

[Vintage Carriages Trust @vct_ingrow]

We are so thankful to all of our hardworking volunteers who we rely on to keep us going.

[Rail Story at Ingrow @RailStoryIngrow]

It's Volunteers' Week!
We are celebrating the hard work our volunteers do at Ingrow. Whether it's front of house, engineers, trustees, education officers, station masters, magazine sorters, collections & conservation teams, we couldn't run without them! Thank you from us.