Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
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The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Midland Railway branch from Skipton to Ilkley : the E&BASR runs from Embsay via Holywell Halt to Bolton Abbey station, a distance of 4 miles miles (6km).
The rolling stock on the line consists of 20 ex-industrial locomotives, the oldest of which was built in 1908; three diesel-multiple units; and ten other diesel locomotives.
Embsay Station was built in 1888. Bolton Abbey village is named after a nearby ruined 12th century priory, belonging to the Dukes of Devonshire.