Engine Shed Museum
Railway museum in a former goods warehouse at Ingrow West station, with locomotives, name plates and a view into a working restoration workshop.
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About the museum
The Engine Shed Museum, earlier known as Ingrow Loco, is run by the Bahamas Locomotive Society. It occupies the former Midland Railway goods warehouse beside Ingrow West station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The shed is an original feature of the 1867 station, and goods traffic there ended in 1962.
The building was extended to make room for a workshop where the society overhauls steam locomotives and rolling stock. Visitors can watch this work through a window from the first-floor balcony.
The museum is part of the Rail Story project, which links it with the neighbouring Carriage Works museum of the Vintage Carriages Trust and the heritage railway. The ground floor deals with railway history, trainspotting, model railways and railway photography, while the first floor explains how steam locomotives were built, worked and operated.
Highlights
- Steam locomotives Tiny (Andrew Barclay, no. 2258) and Nunlow (Hudswell Clarke, no. 1704)
- Roger Bell collection of locomotive name and number plates
- Working restoration workshop seen from a first-floor balcony
- Model railways, railway photography and trainspotting displays
- Learning Coach beside the station platform
- Founded
- 1990
- Operated by
- Bahamas Locomotive Society
Admission & discounts
| Rail Story ticket (Engine Shed and Carriage Works), adult | £6Concessions £5, children aged 5 to 16 £4; the ticket can be bought at either museum |
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The museum charges a small entrance fee to cover running costs but does not publish the price for the Engine Shed alone. The joint Rail Story ticket is listed by the Vintage Carriages Trust.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
A lift is available as an alternative to the staircase to the first floor. The Learning Coach is reached from the platform at Ingrow West station.
Kids & families
The Learning Coach beside the platform offers school sessions, and free colouring sheets can be downloaded from the website.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Ingrow West station
The museum is next to Ingrow West station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
By car
Free parking
Free car parking in the yard of Ingrow Railway Centre, shared with the Carriage Works museum.
Sat nav postcode BD21 5AX. Post sent to the museum is redirected to the railway at Haworth.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum offers school workshops, including sessions in the Learning Coach (a restored carriage with a classroom and exhibition area). Enquiries go through the museum website. |
