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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Our annual general meeting is to be held on Saturday 21st March from 12:30 till 14:00 in the FXP Hut at Bury Bolton Street Station.…

The first outing of the year for 56006 will be the East Lancs Railway Leg of the UK Railtours excursion to the Railway on the…

Merry Gridmas everyone we hope you are all looking forward to the new year as much as we are. We can now share the first…

Want a way to celebrate 50 years of the class 56, then how about the opportunity of driving 006 at the east Lancs railway in…