A steam train used to transport military supplies during the Second World War has been renamed “Remembrance — Lest We Forget”.

Locomotive 90733 was formally renamed in a ceremony in Keighley on Tuesday.

It is the only survivor of nearly 1,000 locomotives of its type produced by the War Department.

After the Allied invasion of France, in June 1944, it was one of many used in France and the Netherlands as troops advanced across occupied Europe.

After the war it ended up in Sweden where it was adapted for use north of the Arctic Circle. The train was brought back to the UK in 1973 after it was spotted by a member of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR).

Since then enthusiasts have spent 35 years gradually restoring the train.

K&WVR spokesman Roger France said: “We felt we should do something to honour, not just the people who died in the Second World War but those who are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

He added the train was a unique example of its kind, which had mainly been used to shift munitions during the war.

He said it had been bought by the Swedish Government as part of its “strategic reserve” in case oil supplies ran out.