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East Lancs Railway Autumn Diesel Gala
Post by Jack Griffiths Celebrating 50 years of the 56 in style We would like to thank the ELR for hosting this wonderful Gala, without…
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2027 Group Calendars
Our new 2027 Calendars are available now from our online shop and will be available at the up and coming East Lancashire Railway Diesel Gala.…
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Thank you to our amazing Members
As a thank you to all our members for their continued support of the group, they will receive this limited edition 2027 celebrating 50 years…
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East Lancs Railway Diesel Gala
We are now a month away from our Autumn Diesel Gala and Beer & Cider Festival. The event will see three days of intensive diesel…
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Happy 50th to the Class
4th August 1976, 50 Years to the day the class 56 locos arrived in the UK Out of the 135 that entered service our loco…
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Class 56 Memorabilia
As you will already know the Class 56 group have acquired 56303 for parts and component recovery which our volunteers are well underway with. We…
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ELR Diesel Gala
56006 visited the East Lancs Railway diesel gala from July 7 – 9 accompanied by our drivers and support crew. On Friday 7th 56006 was…
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Class 56 Group Constitution
Some of the committee at our AGM on July 1st mentioned that they had not seen a copy of the Class 56 Group Constitution which…
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Galleries for all locos in class
We have now created galleries for all 135 locos in the class, take a walk down memory-lane with us here
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More Grid Galleries …
Yep, we now have galleries up for the first 50 members of the class. Take a look at our galleries pages here
Leading the way in Class 56 preservation in the UK since 1992
