ON TRUST is the bi-annual journal of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Trust
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Issue no 42 – Spring 2024
June 2024
Harvey Scowcroft
Small Boilered L&YR 0-8-0s
More L&YR coaches in South Wales
Ken Roberts
Racing to Blackpool and L&YR No. 1008
The Very Early Days (of the Pug Fund)
Carriage Restoration 34 years ago
11456 at Didcot
52044 on Vintage Trains K&WVR
Last train to Birstall
Front cover – 51456 on Didcot’s coaling stage
Rear cover – 51456 in the passenger platform at Didcot and on the turntable with the GWR’s Gas Turbine locomotive in the backgroundIssue No. 41 – Autumn 2023
January 2024
Coach 1507 doors re-build
Obituaries A.J. Adams . Robin Lush
Gillett’s Crossing Halt
L&YR Coaches in South Wales
The Ironclads, History.
East Lancs. Autumn Gala
51456 in Service
Photos From Facebook
52044 on Vintage Trains K&WVR
Pug on Wedding Special
LegaciesFront cover – 51456 in platform 4 Bury Bolton Street – photo Joan Sagar
Issue No. 40 – Spring 2023
June 2023
Pug Visit to Bluebell Railway
KWVR Spring Gala
752 News Pug Visit to G-WR
Aspinall/Ivatt Connection
Fings Aint Wot They Used to be (Heywood)
Seen it all Before Ian G Holt
Memories of Lockwood. D.R.Smith
L&YR Lookalikes (Locomotives)
Pug Chimneys Letter to the Editor (Pugs)Front cover – Pug 19 as 11243 on a Bluebell train to East Grinstead
Rear cover – 752 as 51456 on test runs after motion work and
boiler tests at BuryAll photos from John Sagar
Issue No. 39 – Autumn 2022
December 2022
- Pug Diary
- Pug First Passenger Train + Return to Preston
- 51456 on the Red Rose Diner
- 19 and 752 on photo charters
- The L&YR/LNWR Centenary Gala, ELR
- 2022 trains on the K&WVR
- Club Carriage 47 on the Railway Children Film
- Visitors from Ukraine
- Whitworth Revisited
- L&YR Members Remembered
Front cover – Pug 19 on its first ever passenger train
Rear cover – Callum Porter and Tony Cox on 52044 – John Sagar
L&YR and LNWR meet at Ramsbottom, 752 and 1054 – Barry Hilton
Issue No.38 – Spring 2022
July 2022
- Pug Diary
- Coach 1474 Overhaul completed
- Train Reporting Numbers
- 51456 E.L.R. Gala
- 51456 Visits the Spa Valley Railway
- L&YR Official Colour Postcards
- The L&YR/LNWR 1922 Amalgamation
- Pug 19’s First two steamings
- New Sales Stall at Oxenhope
Front cover – Pug 19’s first journey out of the yard at Bury South
Rear cover – the boiler inspector issuing Pug 19’s final boiler certificate 29th April 2022
Issue No.37 – Winter 2021/2022
December 2021
- Obituaries, Nigel Thornley, Jim Hindle
- Pug Diary
- Progress on coach 1474
- 51456’s Exploits
- The New Barnes Pug Trip
- 51218 on 1975 AGM Special
- 11305’s Final Journey
- A First Class Day Out. Hebblethwaite Family
- Mixed Traffic – small items
- Town Fund
- Tony’s Saloon
Front cover – 752 as 51456 double heading a freight on the East Lancashire Railway with 52322
Back cover – 2 photos of 752 as 51456 on a photographic charter on the East Lancashire Railway (photos R.Stevens)
Issue No.36 – Spring/Summer 2021
June 2021
- Pug 19 restoration
- Brake 3rd 1474 restoration
- Horwich Narrow Gauge
- Pug L&Y 310/51206
- A postcard from Brussels
- LYR 752 launch
- 52089 mystery location
- L&Y locomotives in 1922
- New L&YR injector sponsored
- Deaths of Gordon Walker and Dr. John Raines
Front Cover: L&YR 19 and 752 at Bury, keeping warm at night – John Sagar
Back cover: Pug 51218 on Healey Dell Viaduct
Issue No.35 – Winter 2020
December 2020
- Pug 19, an illustrated history 1910—2020
- Brake 3rd 1474, a big lift and back in traffic
- Recent News and Events
- 752 at Rainhill
- Letters to the Editor
- The Rochdale—Bacup branch. Ian G Holt
- The Heap Bridge branch
- Pug Tour to Chadderton
Front Cover: 752 as 51456 running a public service in August 2020 on the East Lancashire Railway
Back cover: 1474 arrival at Bury. Photo Callum Porter
Steam testing 752 as 51456 with 1474 after repairs. Photo Keith SavoryIssue No.34 – Summer 2020
June 2020
- 51218 Ship Canal Railtour 14 September 1969
- Glenn Foxley, Obituary
- Howard Malham, Obituary
- A Saddletank heating boiler
- 752/51456 Early trains, February and March
- Some East Lancashire Railway Locomotives
- Letters to the Editor, Loco. and C&W notes
- New Springs fitted to 1474
- Royton Junction, with a Hughes brake/3rd
- Who was Ross (of “pop” safety valve fame?)
Front Cover. 51456 on a charter goods train. Photos. Richard Stevens.
Rear Cover. 752 The smartest cab of all ?
Issue No.33 – Winter 2019
December 2019
- Mode Wheel Railtour
- The English Game
- Progress on No.752
- Colne to Rose Grove Railmotors
- High Speed Highflyers – A Postscript
- Scattering of Len Hill’s ashes
- Loco. & Carriage Notes
Front cover: Front Cover. 752 steams again. Photo. Dr. John Sagar
Rear Cover. 752 derelict at Parsonage Colliery, and in the Rainhill Parade.Issue No.32 – Summer 2019
June 2019
- 51218 Trafford Park Railtour 21 May 1967
- Letters to the Editor
- Royal Visit, Duke of Kent, 31st May
- Obituaries T.T.Sutcliffe, David Moorehouse
- New Ways to Pay
- Clenn Foxley, 90
- High Speed Highflyers (90 with an Atlantic)
- Latest news and rolling stock reports
Front
cover: HRH the Duke of Kent in the Club Carriage – Craig SzlaoszlavekRear cover – 752 lifted onto its
wheels – Dr John SagarIssue No. 31 – Winter 2018
December 2018
- 51218 Whitworth Railtour 1967
- Harrow & Wealdstone 1952, L&Y involvement
- Southport Electrics, part 2
- Colour photographs 52515
- Worth Valley 50th Anniversary
- Sowerby Bridge’s last ‘A’ class
- Pug at Avonmouth
- Tickhill, South Yorks Joint Railway
- Latest news and rolling stock reports
Front cover: L&Y Carriage 279 with LNWR Coal Tank at Keighley on a 2018 Vintage Train service – Robin Higgins.
Rear cover – Daniel Winters and Jim Hindle with new parts for Brake 1474 – Peter Eastham.Issue No. 30 – Summer 2018
June 2018
- George William (Bill)Attock
- Birkdale papers
- Pug 51217 epic journey
- Bolton curve halt
- Eric Rawcliffe obituary
- Royal visits photographs
- Other obituaries
- L&Y birdcage brakes
- Hoy 2-6-2 tanks
- Latest news and rolling stock reports
Front cover: L&Y Carriage 279 features in Royal Train on way to Oxemhope February 16 2018 – from Robin Lush.
Rear cover – our Brake 1474 on Worth Valley service train January 7 2018 – photo from Michael Taylor.Issue No. 29 – Winter 2017
December 2017
- Spring Hanger Appeal
- Editorial – Where do we go now?
- Volunteers Required as Caretakers
- 279 is a Memorial
- The Liverpool Train
- The Liverpool/Southport Electrification
- Lighting the L&Y Carriages
- Vintage Carriages 2017
- The last two Railmotors
- John Aspinall – Interred
- Axle Box refurbishment
- Wooden Axleboxes – Are you serious?
Front cover: Vintage Train pulling up the hill from Keighey, from Andrew Dennison
Rear cover: Vintage Train at Oxenhope with passengers hurrying to board, from Chris StuartIssue No. 28 – Summer 2017
June 2017
- Preston’s Lost Station
- Editorial
- Obituaries
- First Class 279 – Full coverage of recent efforts and the Inaugural Run
- John Ramsbottom – The Engines
- Heating the L&Y Carriages
- The last two Railmotors
- A Job Done
Front cover: the full L&Y train ready for the Inaugural Run of First Class 279 at Oxenhope on June 21st.
Rear cover: an interesting view at Keighley with all carriage doors open for passengers to board.Issue No. 27 – Winter 2016
December 2016
- Club on the Train
- Editorial
- Carriage Lighting
- West Lancashire Railway
- 752 to Bury
- Shunting at Stations
- Whoops – We have the Wrong Railway
- The Ramsbottom Reports
- Can you solve the Mystery
- Late News 752
Front cover: 752 being craned onto a lorry at Haworth for the journey to Bury.
Rear cover: 752 within covered accomodation at Bury together with L&Y 0-6-0 12322Issue No.26 – Summer 2016
June 2016
- Bowers 957 Trust
- Did James Overton help build 752?
- What Price a First Class Carriage
- 175th Anniversary of Summit Tunnel
- Obituary J Gordon Blears
- AGM & Vintage Carriages on KWVR
- Axle Box Refurbishment on 752
- Dearne Valley Railway
- Carriage Door Locks
- L&Y Ropes
Front and rear cover: An axlebox from 752 together with an insert casting which will be cut in two and shaped to fit this and another axlebox to restore the original profile
Issue No.25 – Winter 2015
December 2015
- Manchester Victoria – the L&Y lives on
- Lighting the Club Carriage
- L&Y and the War in 1915
- Upholstering the 1st class 6-wheeler
- Still on the Station Platform
- Fundraising and the Trust
- ON TRUST anniversary
Front cover: 752 in steam at the Rainhill 150 celebrations in 1980. Photo copyright Robin Higgins. Rear cover: 752 as she is now. Photo copyright Robin Higgins
Issue No.24 – Summer 2015
June 2015
- Obituary – Len Hill
- General Elections and Railway Uniforms
- Rescuing the Club Carriage
- L&Y 0-6-2 Goods Tank Engines
- Minutes of the AGM November 2015
- Tribulations of the Excursionist
- Sir George Armytage
- Abraham Altham and the L&YR
- On the Station Platform
- The Traffic Manager’s Inspection
Front Cover: Big Jim 5820 powering up Keighley Bank with our Club Carriage 47 leading Worth Valley Gala Feb 28 2015. Photo copyright Alan Padley
Issue No.23 – Winter 2014
December 2014
- Rescuing the Club Carriage, part II
- Railway Uniforms, part II
- The L&YR and the Great War
- L&YR No 288 2-4-0
- Calling Octogenarians (Railmotors)
- Club Carriage in mainline use?
- 752, the last Saddletank, short history
- L&YR Royal Trains 1913
Front Cover: Pug No. 51218 climbs to Damems with a goods to Oakworth, early in the morning of 22nd October 2000. Photo copyright Neil Harvey
