Update-November 2021
Not much to report on either locomotive :- 56006 – following a successful three days at the ELR Gala the ELR opted to use the loco on the Sunday diesel turn. 56006 was removed from the first train with a … Continue reading →
Keith Bulmer
East Lancashire Railway- 56006 availability
4/7/2021 Unfortunately 56006 has set out on the 09:15 diesel turn this morning, but would appear to be suffering low power. The loco will come back to Bury where it will come off the train and retire to the shed. … Continue reading →
2021 CLASS 56 GROUP AGM
The Class 56 Group AGM will take place as a real meeting (subject to Government Covid restrictions and guidance ** ) and will take place at the Alexandra Hotel in Derby on Saturday 31st July. The meeting will start at … Continue reading →
56301 feedback from test run on Friday 19/3/2021
Update Sunday 09:13 21/3/2021 Unfortunately ,as I’m sure anyone following the progress of 56301 on Friday will already know , the test run was terminated short of its destination due to a fault on 56301. The fault was on the … Continue reading →
Class 69 Project – SVR testing underway on 69001
7th March 2021 – Further to the link in the recent update, GBRF released a youtube video reporting on the ongoing testing of 69001 (ex56031*) which is taking place at the Severn Valley Railway. Please follow link below. Class 69 … Continue reading →
Update 28th February 2021 – 56301 start up
First of all a belated happy birthday to 56006- It was 25th February 1977, 44 years ago , when the C56Gs locomotive became the first Class 56 accepted into traffic by British Rail. Due to the restrictions little work has … Continue reading →
56301 Update (dated 19th September 2020)
UKRL report 56301 is now sat down on the replacement set of bogies (with 56301s original traction motors refitted back under the loco) One traction pad is reported defective and is being replaced and then the loco just needs traction … Continue reading →
Update – 56006 (Dated 19th September 2020)
Several recent work parties have seen steady progress on the locomotive. Carried out under the Covid-19 guidelines a three day spell in early September saw several jobs completed. One of the main ones was the topping up of the traction … Continue reading →
56006 – one mystery solved, another unanswered.
As you may recall 56006 was running around for a very long time a crazed cab quaterlight on the drivers side at No 1 end. Unfortunately this was broken a few summers ago when some vandals threw a stone through … Continue reading →
56301 and 56006 update
Final work to reunite our mainline registered locomotive 56301 with its replacement tyres(ex 56007) and its original traction motors is underway at UKRL’s Leicester facility and the attached image shows the locomotive during these works. The photo is courtesy of UKRL. Please remember … Continue reading →
