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Calendar Competition Results
Thank you to each and every person who contributed to our 2027 Calendar Competition, which was launched earlier in the Summer on our social media…
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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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56006 impresses on ELR diesel diagram
56006 was rostered to work the East Lancs Railway diesel turn for their Blue Timetable on both Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July, starting with…
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56303 lands at Bury
56303 safely arrived at Bury on Thursday afternoon after its road movement on an Allelys low loader from Longport. Already no time has been wasted…
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56303 Update
Joint announcement from Progress Rail Locomotive Europe Ltd and Class 56 Group. After the successful delivery of 16 x class 69 repower, locomotives rebuilt with…
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Turn up and drive 56006
The Class 56 Group have been in discussion with the East Lancs Railway and have now confirmed our own Driver Experience with 56006. The initial…
Leading the way in Class 56 preservation in the UK since 1992
