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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
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First 20 Grid Galleries published
We have just published our first two albums containing fots of the first 20 locos in the class. Join us for a walk down memory lane…
Leading the way in Class 56 preservation in the UK since 1992
