Date: 09/01/2011

A scenically beautiful, and historically iconic, area of the Yorkshire Dales could garner millions more pounds in tourist dollars if it could just find 20 more yards of railway line.

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Embsay looking to Bolton Abbey in 2006. The paraphernalia of preserved railways.
Location: Embsay
Company: Ilkley Branch (Midland Railway)
14/11/2006 Ewan Crawford

A century on... remains of the original 1888 Midland Railway station at Bolton Abbey in a derelict state on 22 March 1988, some 23 years after closure to passenger traffic. The old station has since been demolished, and a replica building built and opened by the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.
Location: Bolton Abbey
Company: Ilkley Branch (Midland Railway)
22/03/1988 David Pesterfield

View over Skipton on a cold misty morning in April 2009, from the road overbridge at the north end of the station. A Class 333 EMU is about to leave for Leeds from the platform by the main station building and another for Bradford stands in the bay beyond. In the foreground is the former Grassington branch that still carries regular limestone trains and passes through the platforms that were also used for Ilkley line trains. The nicely restored canopies are clearly visible as are the three substantial subway entrances to the platforms.
Location: Skipton
Company: North Western Railway
16/04/2009 Mark Bartlett