Category: Group News
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Latest news – 24/11/18
Saturday 24/11/18 56312 to Peak Forest … More GBRf 56s to Longport? – Schedules have been inputted for a GBRf operated Leicester – Longport and also a Longport – Peak Forest movement this coming Monday (26th November), most likely conveying more class 56s to the EMD facility for re-engineering. The onward movement to Peak Forest […]
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56301 Peak Forest update
Update 20/12/2018 56301 suffered a general fault this evening while the driver was changing ends to propel back into the quarry sidings. After running throught the fault diagnostic process UKRL were contacted and will attend site tomorrow morning to rectify the fault, which is suspected to be a sticking traction motor contactor UKRL’s response time […]
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Working day – 56006 Bury ELR -Sun 27th January 2019
A working day is planned for the above date. If anyone would like to come a long and help , or perhaps just see what we do before they get involved please get in touch via the e-mail address in the contacts section of the website – please use the e.mail starting chair@……. The next […]
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56301 Settling in at Peak Forest
The image below depicts 56301’s engine running, about to couple up to a rake of 24 MMA wagons behind it. Our loco then drew these down to the exchange siding where 66136 coupled onto the rear of the rake, ready to form the 1156 departure to Peterborough West Yard (eventually bound for Brandon). 56301 was […]
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56301 on hire to GB Railfreight / VICTA Rail
The Class 56 Group’s mainline registered locomotive, 56301, has started a period of hire to GB Railfreight/ VICTA Rail. The locomotive will be used at the CEMEX quarry site in Dove Holes, Derbyshire and duties will include preparing and loading trains ready for dispatch to locations such as Dallam, Attercliffe, Ripple Lane etc. The hire […]
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Latest News: 56301 to Peak Forest, More 56s to Longport?
Wednesday 10th October 2018 56301 heads north – 56301 made its way from Leicester to Peak Forest yesterday afternoon, in readiness for a spell on the Peak Forest shunting duty. This will involve the loco loading aggregate trains in the Dove Holes quarry and then drawing them into the exchange sidings, or propelling them back […]
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Latest News
Saturday 6th October 2018 56301, which has been held in secure storage at Castle Donington EMDC for a number of weeks, was returned to Leicester today along with several classmates from the GBRf fleet. DC Rail’s 56103 worked the 0Z56 0810 Leicester LIP – Castle Donington EMDC, arriving 11 early at 0900. It then hauled 56312, […]
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Sat 6th October – 56301 returning to Leicester
A locomotive is currently at Castle Donington to collect 56301 and return it to Leicester. The return working is 11:56 from Castle Donington, running via Loughborough and arriving at Leicester at 13:05 56301 is being brought back to Leicester to be prepared for a potential period on hire to a (as yet unspecified) Freight Operating […]
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56006 latest images and videos
We will be using this page to post images and videos of 56006 taken during the weekend. If you have any you would like to share, please send them using the contact page on this website or get in touch through our Facebook page.
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56006 – Final preparations for next weeks gala
Work continues to get 56006 ready for next weeks gala. C56G volunteers spent today addressing a couple of faults on the two drivers emergency plungers on the locomotive’s brake system (one in each cab). Those who attended the East Lancashire Railway last July, when 56006 suffered a temporary brake problem when running round at Rawtenstall, […]