Talk:Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Ref confusion
There are two different refs with the same name. These are: The effect of this is that they are combined, with the text of the second one ignored. Worse, there are a number of uses of  which also become combined - it is therefore unclear which of these refer to the article "Locomotive Notes", and which to "Standard '4' Locomotive Preservation Society". -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:13, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Yanks
Why no mention of the 1979 film 'Yanks', starring no less than Richard Gere? The Americans are seen boarding a train at Keighley at zero notice hauled by the USA S160 on their way to 'D day'. The WikiPage for the film cross-mentions Keighley station. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.81.73.242 (talk) 20:58, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Is it significant to the plot that Keighley was used, or could another preserved station have been used without affecting the story? More importantly, has the use of Keighley been noted by reliable third-party sources? -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:25, 2 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Well I suppose just about anybody who has ever seen the film, and upwards of 500 actors and extras could vouch for it being Keighley. It's not just a 'sideshot' - the entire D-day embarkation scene at the end was filmed there, and it's undeniably Keighley 5.81.72.160 (talk) 14:04, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It's significant to the history of UK rail preservation, because it's a rare event for a D-day film to be filmed anywhere other than the Bluebell.
 * Historically I expect this to have been an anageoism(sic): AFAIK no D-day reserve troops were billeted in Yorkshire, they were packed like sardines in the South. This has led to the predominance of the Bluebell (and the Watercress) for filming WWII military scenes, even over that other popular film location, the Nene Valley. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:21, 7 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, my statement was simply that 'the end sequence of the film 'Yanks' was filmed at Keighley station'. Where Richard Gere and the other GIs got on the train, and half of the local female population turned up on the footbridge either pregnant or holding the resulting babies.  I wasn't expecting to start a WikiAnalNerd debate about World War 2.  Just watch the damned film. That scene was filmed at Keighley.  No debate, no 'citation required', it just WAS. As for 'no US troops being billeted in the North', that is just pure ignorance. Patton's fictitious deceptive FUSAG with its inflatable rubber tanks was based in the South-East, but the real invasion troops were actually based in the North and in SW England. I am from Warrington, right next to RAF Burtonwood. Warrington was an American town in 1942-43, and remained so throughout most of the cold war too.5.81.72.160 (talk) 21:10, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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