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56006 impresses on ELR Sunday diagram

  • 56006 impresses on ELR Sunday diagram

    28th July 2026

    56006 was rostered to work the East Lancs Railway diesel turn for their Blue Timetable on Sunday 26th July, starting with the 09:00 departure from…

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  • 56303 lands at Bury

    27th July 2026

    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

    24th July 2026

    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

    16th April 2026

    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…

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  • Class 56 Group AGM

    13th March 2026

    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.…

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  • 56006 running days in 206

    13th January 2026

    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…

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  • Ride on 006 in 2026

    26th December 2025

    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…

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  • Want to drive 56006

    17th December 2025

    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…

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  • Rail 200 Event at the ELR

    17th September 2025

    56006 was out and about for the event on the Sunday of the event but our sales team where there for duration on our sales…

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  • East Lancs Railway Rail 200 Event

    3rd September 2025

    56006 will now be running on the Sunday of the event now with the guest class 70 head over to the Lancs website for more…

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The Class 56 Group

The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. It is a Type 5 locomotive, with a Ruston-Paxman power unit developing 3,250bhp (2,423kW), and has a Co-Co wheel arrangement. The fleet was introduced between 1976 and 1983.

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