31162 and 31247 are seen near Embsay Junction on the Rylstone branch with an inbound "Tilcon" from Hull. 16/5/87.

31247 and 31162 run into Skipton station with a Saturday afternoon "Tilcon" train from Hull. Note all the steam-age railway paraphernalia still scattered about as late as 16th May 1987.

31403 stands at Skipton on the 27th February 1993 with a rake of Tilcon hoppers.

37197 crosses flooded fields near Cononley on the 21st August 2004 with 1Z48 14.43 Carlisle to Newcastle.

37379 passes Marley, near Keighley, on Saturday 24th July 1999, with 6M90 Gascoigne Wood to Aberdeen "Enterprise". For the period of time that this train ran it was one of my favourite subjects, as it usually "pulled" a 37 and also traversed the S & C. The bright red wagons also made a nice splash of colour in the landscape.

37406 "The Saltire Society" pilots 37417 "Richard Trevithick" through Coniston Cold with 1Z50 07.00 Liverpool Lime Street to Carlisle. 24/6/06.

37408 leads 37405 as they near Skipton on the 18th February 2004.

37408 passes Three Rise Locks, Bingley with the 09.05 York to Carlisle on the 7th August 2004.

37411 and 37408 are pictured threading through flooded fields near Skipton with 1E23 13.33 Carlisle to York on the 21st August 2004.

37411 pauses at Skipton with 1E23 13.33 Carlisle to Leeds. 26/4/04. 37408 was on the rear.

37609 leads 1Z44 08.44 Derby to Carlisle Serco Test train through Saltaire. 5/8/06.

37686 & 37688 "Great Rocks", having run round their train prepare to head up to Rylstone with 6D75 from Leeds. Skipton. 7/3/92. This photo appeared in Rail Express No 142, March 2008.

37688 "Great Rocks" and 37686 run into Skipton with a Leeds to Rylstone train on the 7th March 1992. I'd like to think that if I took this now that I wouldn't chop the back of the train off!

47443 "North Eastern" accelerates away from Keighley with a Leeds to Carlisle train. 10th September 1989.

47526 "Northumbria" roars through Kildwick with the 16.35 Carlisle to Leeds on 16th August 1986.

47586 comes to a halt at Keighley Station with a Leeds to Carlisle train on Sunday, 22nd May 1988.

47709 leads "The Grassington Dickensian Festival" Blue Pullman charter through Cononley on the 16th December 2006 (1)

47709 leads "The Grassington Dickensian Festival" Blue Pullman charter through Cononley on the 16th December 2006 (2)

47712 "Pride of Carlisle" leaves Keighley with the return 1Z48 16:55 "K&WVR 40th Anniversary Steam Gala" to Kings Cross. 28/6/08.

47712 at the rear of "The Grassington Dickensian Festival" Blue Pullman. Cononley. 16/12/06.

47792 "St Cuthbert" charges through Coniston Cold with a York to Appleby VSOE. 16/5/98.

47813 "John Peel" runs into Keighley with the very late running 1Z47 05.42 Colchester to Skipton. 1/12/07.

47851 heads through Bingley on the 10th July 2005, with 5Z65 09.15 Bridlington to Carnforth. This was the ECS of a charter which ran the previous day.

50020 "Revenge" stands at Skipton with the "Skipton Skipper" railtour on 14th November 1987.

50020 "Revenge" waits in the sidings at Skipton prior to working the "Skipton Skipper" railtour back down south, on the 14th November 1987.

50031 "Hood" & 50049 "Defiance" pass flooded fields at Cononley with "The Airean Raider" - 1Z50 Cardiff Central to Leeds. 16/12/06 (1)

50031 "Hood" & 50049 "Defiance" pass flooded fields at Cononley with "The Airean Raider" - 1Z50 Cardiff Central to Leeds. 16/12/06 (3)

56019 near Cononley with a Drax to Newbiggin Gypsum train. 13/11/97.

56025 near Scale House, Rylstone Branch. 6G97 to Dewsbury. 1/5/01.

56025 Skipton, coming off the Rylstone Branch with 6G97 to Dewsbury. 1/5/01.

56025. Rylstone Branch. 6G97 to Dewsbury. 1/5/01.

56049 heads the "Cracoe Jack" railtour, seen near Cononley on the 1st November 2003. 56133 was at this point on the rear. A beautiful view of the Aire Valley as I hope you'd agree.

56133 is seen on the Rylstone branch on the 1st November 2003. The train was the "Cracoe Jack" railtour - 1Z50 Kings Cross to Rylstone - one of the last charters booked for the class.

60003 (as originally named) "Sir Christopher Wren" passes Marley, near Keighley, with 6E13 Kirby Thore to Drax. 05/8/95. This was at the time one of my favourite locations in the Aire Valley, but is unavailable now due to tree growth.

60007 passes Cononley with 6D72 11.32 Hull to Rylstone on the 13th October 2006. The photographic options at Cononley are getting very limited due to tree growth - it's not at all the place it used to be and soon it will be un-useable.

60007 passes Marley with 6E13 on the 29th July 1996.

60008 "Gypsum Queen II" heads through Cononley with a Drax to Kirkby Thore gypsum on the 4th May 1996.

60008 "Gypsum Queen II" passes through Skipton station with 6E13 12.24 Newbiggin to Knottingley on the 1st November 2003. The reason for the going away shot is that the station platforms were chock-a-block with passengers off the "Cracoe Jack" railtour which was in Skipton that day.

60008, at the time named "Moel Fammau" leaves Skipton with a Kirkby Thore to Drax gypsum train. 30/5/95.

60013 "Robert Boyle" approaches the foot crossing at Cononley with a gypsum train on the 16th February 1996.

60013 "Robert Boyle" passes Marley at 06.32 on the 25th July 1996 with the 6D89 Drax to Kirkby Thore loaded gypsum train.

60017 "Shotton Works Centenary 1996" at Skipton station with 6E13 12.40 Newbiggin to Knottingley on the 9th July 2005.

60019 heads through Marley, near Keighley, with 6D04 Hull to Rylstone on the 3rd September 1999.

60020 approaches Skipton with a Tees Yard to Clitheroe coal train. 6/8/97.

60022 passes Hurstwood, near Saltaire with 6D04 Hull to Rylstone. 26/10/98.

60025 passes Cononley on 15th June 1999, with 6D04 Hull to Rylstone.

60027 "Joseph Banks" has just passed Embsay Jcn with a Rylstone to Hull working at 15.30 on the 30th May 1995.

60027 "Joseph Banks" pulls off the Rylstone branch at Skipton with a loaded service for Hull Dairycoates, on the 30th May 1995.