Sherlock cracks crime on tracks

It’s full steam ahead for Sherlock Holmes buffs this weekend as they make tracks for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, where drama group The Irregular Special Players will be recreating scenes from the famous books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A frequent service of steam trains will operate on both days, with cameo scenes taking place between noon and 4pm tomorrow, and 10am and 2pm on Sunday.

A Day Rover ticket costs £8 (£4 for children 4-15 and the retired) and allows unlimited travel on the day and access to all the Holmes cameos.

Visitors are encouraged to enter into the spirit of things, and anyone who arrives wearing a deerstalker will be entitled to £1 off an adult full line or day ticket.

Event organiser Julian Jones said: “This is a special year for Holmes fans as it marks the centenary of the first publication of The Hound of the Baskervilles in the Strand magazine.

“We look forward to welcoming sleuths young and old,” he added.

The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway was chosen by Granada TV when filming scenes for its Sherlock Holmes series starring the late Jeremy Brett.

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