WHAT IS THE APPEAL FOR?
Unlike many organisations connected with railway preservation, COVID-19 has not had a significant impact on the ...
Updated 10th April
With the publication of plans for a staged end to the current lockdown, preserved railways are now ...
Updated 6th February 2021Following dismantling at the East Lancashire Railway and Non Destructive Testing of the boiler, the trustees have ...
Bogie Brake 1474 has been the subject of investigation and repairs to the bogie springing during 2019 and 2020. ...

Sunday August 23rd 2020 saw the first use of our 3 compartment carriages on the Worth Valley’s relaunched public services, ...

Following an issue with the loco rostered for 15th and 16th August, 752 (still running as BR 51456) came to ...
(updated on 2nd February)
CARRIAGES AT THE WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY – from the end of September, the use of our ...
UPDATE AUGUST 2020 – (updated 8th August) – Worth Valley services are to restart on 19th August as the major ...

The 6-part series called ‘The English Game’ was released on March 20th 2020 and can be viewed on the ...
The Worth Valley and East Lancashire railways held Steam Gala weekend events on 6th to 8th March, both of which ...

Updated February 2021In 2019 we advised in ON TRUST that we had inspected Saloon 12 which had been owned by ...

752 is due to be officially launched at the East Lancashire Railway’s Spring Gala (6-8 March). More details can be ...

The Worth Valley has confirmed that the Trusts coaches will be used as part of the vintage train service at ...

On Saturday 22nd February Trust members and friends of the engine enjoyed a ride behind 752 (as 51456) prior to ...

Thanks to the excellent response of our members to the appeal for 1474, we have been able to take delivery ...
752 was featured in the TV program STEAM TRAIN BRITAIN on Yesterday. First broadcast on 19/12/19 in Episode 10. This ...

Locomotive No.752 passed its final boiler inspection this afternoon (16/12/19). Having been signed off the locomotive was coupled to a ...
752 is to feature in TV series STEAM TRAIN BRITAIN which is to be shown on the Yesterday channel, a ...
The meeting was held in the Conference Room of the East Lancashire Railway at Baron Street, Bury and was well ...
In the middle of October work on 752 was advanced such that it was able to move under its own ...