Loco sheds project

04 Jun 2026

Chris Sharp, keeper at Leeds Industrial Museum, with Aldwyth, one of the historic Leeds-made engines which will be on display next summer for the first time in a decade. The locomotive was manufactured more than a century ago by Leeds firm Manning Wardle, one of a number of local firms which exported engines around the world.

Loco sheds project: Chris Sharp, keeper at Leeds Industrial Museum, with Aldwyth, one of the historic Leeds-made engines which will be on display next summer for the first time in a decade.
The locomotive was manufactured more than a century ago by Leeds firm Manning Wardle, one of a number of local firms which exported engines around the world.
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