An amateur film produced by Ken Ellwood showing various British Rail Standard Class 4 steam locomotives pulling both full and empty mineral wagons up and down the Rylstone branch line from Swinden Quarry to Grassington in North Yorkshire. Filmed over several months the film features the filmmaker’s son Peter and wife Kath watching the trains passes. Title: The Yorkshire Dales Railway From Grassington Road in Skipton looking toward Skipton Moor smoke plumes from an approaching steam train....

An amateur film produced by Ken Ellwood showing various British Rail Standard Class 4 steam locomotives pulling both full and empty mineral wagons up and down the Rylstone branch line from Swinden Quarry to Grassington in North Yorkshire. Filmed over several months the film features the filmmaker’s son Peter and wife Kath watching the trains passes. Title: The Yorkshire Dales Railway From Grassington Road in Skipton looking toward Skipton Moor smoke plumes from an approaching steam train. A British Rail Standard Class 4 75048 pulling mineral wagons crossing over a road bridge, the village of Embsay in the near distance. A phantom car ride following the train as it heads north along the Rylstone branch line towards Swinden Quarry. Title: Spring Near the 17th hole of Skipton Golf Course, the filmmaker’s son Peter races towards and climbs onto a wooden fence looking down on the railway line below. Another Class 4 locomotive pulling more mineral wagons passes over Brackenley Lane Bridge watched by Peter followed by another Class 4 passing Hagg Farm pulling both mineral wagons as well as two tank cars and a brakes van at the rear. Peter and his mother Kath watch from a farm gate as the train passes. A fourth train passes Hagg farm, in the foreground a meadows of yellow flowers. On a muddy track beside the railway line Peter attempts to plant a red flag in the ground, nearby a fallen-down sign reading ‘Beware of Trains’. Another Class 4 steam locomotive pulling mineral wagons passes a lorry on which recently felled logs have been loaded. Sitting in the shade of a large tree Peter watches another Class 4 pass in the opposite direction before running through the meadow and falling over. The film ends on a final Class 4 locomotive pulling full mineral wagon along the branch line. End title: The end