THE SELFISH GIANT

GB
2013
1hr 31mins
Dir: Clio Barnard
Starring: Sean Gilder and Lorraine Ashbourne

Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal

This drama has a short scene early on where thieves steal cable from a single track line. This was filmed at night close to Ingrow on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, and the line’s Class 20, No.20031, puts in a rare appearance. 

This is Woodhouse Road Bridge, Ingrow, on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Thieves get to grips with the signalling cables
Class 20, No.20031, approaches the scene hauling a single brake van