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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…
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Class 56 Group AGM
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
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
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
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…
Leading the way in Class 56 preservation in the UK since 1992
