The village of Haworth, one of the stations along the line, was having a 1940s carnival weekend to mark the anniversary of VE day and the railway joined in with a couple of WW2 locos in service, bunting everywhere and costumed re-enactors mingling with the tourists.
A couple of 1940s passengers wait at Haworth:
The River Worth, sparkling in the sunshine near Keighley:
Another scenic bit of Yorkshire, taken from the train:
The station-master gives the Right Away to the last train of the day at Keighley:
This is the Embsay to Bolton Abbey railway, just outside Skipton. A former Coal Board saddle tank loco waits to be called on to its train:
Here it is, waiting with the lunch-time train at Bolton Abbey:
This lovely little building is Bolton Abbey station, restored and rebuilt to its original 1888 appearance by the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway Trust and officially re-opened 110 years on, in 1998:
Some big-sky scenery - sunlight and shade over the Pennines near Skipton:
A quiet corner of Gargrave, the pretty village where we stayed during our visit to Yorkshire:
Bridge over the river Aire at Gargrave - looks as if it was designed for an altogether bigger river!
