Issue no 45 – Winter 2025

CONTENTS

First event of 2025, with Pug at Bury
A rare outing for L&Y Saloon
E.L.R. Autumn Gala
Legacies, the Trust and events in 2026
Book review Attock’s L&Y Carriages
Tracks of Life, Ken Roberts Exhibition
Club Carriage specials
Royton Station accidents
Wartime Weekend
Pug 51232 glory and demise
Rail 200 Celebrations
L&Y’s contributions to Railway Children’s Theatre
Hughes Brake Third in workshop
Stored L&Y locomotives at Heapey
Sea Pigs and Compound L&YR 0-8-0s

Front cover –
11456 on a Mayoral Special for 200 Years of Train Travel
(Photo copyright John Sagar)

Rear cover –
Pug 51218 on February 1967 brake van trips on Healey Dell Viaduct
(Photo copyright Gordon Massey)