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===Operation as a preserved line=== On 10 July 2008, the [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent|Duke of Kent]] visited the railway following the 40th anniversary of its reopening.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/news/large.asp?id=140|title=HRH The Duke of Kent visits Haworth|publisher=Haworth Village Website|date=10 July 2008|access-date=10 November 2008|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613215723/http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/news/large.asp?id=140|archive-date=13 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4113.asp?submitted=submit1&quick=latest&submit1=Submit&fromDay=&fromMonth=&fromYear=&toDay=&toMonth=&toYear=&MRF=&keywords=Enter+keyword&ID=13972&all=1 |title=Court Circular, past events, Thursday, 10 July 2008 |access-date=20 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220222738/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ |archive-date=20 December 2015 |date= 10 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/3202106.Full_steam_ahead_on_the_royal_railway_/|title= Full-steam ahead on the royal railway!|newspaper= The Telegraph and Argus|date= 10 July 2008|access-date= 10 November 2008|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090217022506/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/3202106.Full_steam_ahead_on_the_royal_railway_/|archive-date= 17 February 2009|df= dmy-all}}</ref> While at the railway, the Duke travelled in the carriage and on the locomotive footplate of a specially prepared "[[British Royal Train|Royal Train]]", consisting of [[tank locomotive]] ''41241'', an [[London Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]] [[LMS Class 2MT 2-6-2T|Class 2MT]], pulling a single carriage, ''The Old Gentleman's Saloon'', as featured in ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'', which is a former North Eastern Railway directors Saloon.
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