Ingrow (East) Railway Station
To cope with the production from the mills the station had a vast goods yard. The whole station and goods yard site has now been incorporated into the Travis Perkins builders merchants which occupies the site. Just beyond the station was the GN Goods Junction where the GN trains linked with the Oxenhope branch for the last mile into Keighley. Beyond the junction the line continued alongside the Oxenhope Branch before diverging beneath it into the GN goods yard, where, unlike the MR goods yard, all the buildings are intact.
In 1957, two years after closure to passengers, the station area was used in a test on a new type of railway sleeper. British Railways deliberately derailed a driverless locomotive for the test. Press and public alike were not allowed to witness or photograph the event.
References
- ^ "Ingrow". Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. KWVR. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Armour, Chris. "Ingrow East". Disused Stations. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Dewhirst, Ian (2 December 2010). "Engine was derailed in secret test of new sleeper". Keighley News. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
External links
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