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Carnforth railway station and depot
The station became famous as the location for the film "Brief Encounter", set in the 1940s, and as a result has many recreated features of the period, plus a small railway museum.
Carnforth was also a major railway depot in the days of steam, and the last in Britain to remain open when British Rail ceased using steam in 1968. Later it became the Steamtown railway museum, and is currently back in operational use by West Coast Railways who operate luxury diesel-hauled charter trains. Several buildings on the site are listed: the engine shed, wagon works, water tower, coaling tower, ashing plant, preserved signal box from Selside, and the remaining operational signal box to the north of the station.
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