Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway, run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd. since 1960. It operates passenger services at weekends and on public holidays over around 1 mile (1.6 km) of track between its headquarters at Moor Road in Hunslet and Park Halt on the outskirts of Middleton Park. This wonderful collection of photos, pluicked from the YEP archive, turns back the clock to the 1990s and captures the joy and wonder of the engines enjoyed by visitors young and old. READ MORE: Middleton Railway nominated in Oscars of industry LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
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The Miracle steam engine at Middleton Railway approaches a tunnel in September 1997. | Ross Parry Photo: Ross Parry
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November 1998 and the Hunslet engine arrives back home 100 years later. Pictured, from left, are Bob Cook, works manager and Mike Pearce, project manager at Merlin Gerin Medium Voltage, Hunslet who occupy the site where the engine was built, and Ken Griffiths and Nigel Cripps of the Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Preservation Group who own the engine. | Steve Riding Photo: Steve Riding
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Two year old Edward Ellis, from Robin Hood, with the Fat Controller on the foot plate of Middleton Railway's Thomas the Tank Engine. Pictured in December 1997. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
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The Sir Berkley arrives back at it's birthplace in Leeds before being offloaded at Middleton Railway in May 1996. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
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Pupil Robert Hall, 11, sits on the front of one of the steam engines while some of his classmates from Middleton St Mary's C of E Primary School dash to have a look. Pictured in June 1997. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
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Hazel Evans with the train bought for her birthday in April 1996. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme