The C56G AGM took place on Saturday 23rd July at the East Lancashire Railway in Bury. The meeting was reasonably well attended and two members…

56006 remains unavailable and will not be performing at next weekends ELR Diesel Gala. The overhaul of the top part of the electrical cubicle is…

The Annual General Meeting of the Class 56 Group will take place on Saturday 23rd July 2022. The venue is now confirmed and the meeting…

We are well aware that our attempts to provide updates on the progress of repairs on 56301 has seen a number of ‘false dawns’ in…

Regular working parties continue on 56006. These normally take place on the middle Sunday of each month but occasionally vary due to the shift patterns…

C56G members will be relieved to hear that the next edition of Gridiron has finally gone to the printers and is expected to drop through…

4/7/2021 Unfortunately 56006 has set out on the 09:15 diesel turn this morning, but would appear to be suffering low power. The loco will come…

The Class 56 Group AGM will take place as a real meeting (subject to Government Covid restrictions and guidance ** ) and will take place…