Funding appeal May 2022
Since 2020 there have been 2 major projects in progress at the East Lancashire Railway on our Bogie Brake Third ...Pug 19 passed final steam test 29th April 2022
Current status:- On 29th April 2022 the final steam test in presence of the insurance inspector took place and was passed, ...Brake Third 1474 tested and running 26th February at East Lancashire Railway
Testing took place on 22nd February, earlier than expected, with no problems found, the link below opens up a short ...752 on hire to the Spa Valley Railway in Kent
On hire to the Spa Valley Railway in Kent 752 has ventured outside Lancashire and Yorkshire for the first time ...Latest ON TRUST issued
Issue number 37 for Winter 2021/2022 has now been posted to members and supporters, with the usual mix of news ...Centenary of merger of L&YR and L&NWR January 1922 onwards
Updated 23rd March 2022 On 1st January 1922, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway company merged with the London & North Western ...WORTH VALLEY ‘ELF EXPRESS’ CHRISTMAS SERVICES
From late November through to Christmas Eve one of our carriages will feature in these services running the full line ...Death of Jim Hindle – funeral details
Our member Jim Hindle died unexpectedly on 27th July whilst recovering from hospital treatment. The funeral – here is a message ...Latest ON TRUST issued
Issue number 36 for Spring/Summer 2021 has now been posted to members and supporters, with the usual mix of news ...FUNDRAISING APPEAL – updated January 2022
WHAT IS THE APPEAL FOR? Firstly, our Bogie Brake Third carriage 1474 based at the Worth Valley was examined for potentially ...VINTAGE TRAIN WEEKENDS and RAILWAY CHILDREN CELEBRATIONS – Worth Valley 2021
Updated 31st August 2021Each weekend in August the Worth Valley ran Vintage Trains each Saturday and Sunday.This included the ...752 on ELR public services 2021
752 RUNNING PUBLIC SERVICES BETWEEN JULY AND NOVEMBER 2021 (Updated 30th October 2021 – running dates further changed)East Lancashire Railway have ...Coronavirus Lockdown and restart of operation
Updated 25th July With the publication of plans for a staged end to the early 2021 lockdown, preserved railways were ...Brake 1474 – mechanical work now complete
Bogie Brake 1474 has been the subject of investigation and repairs to the bogie springing during 2019 and 2020. ...Carriages in use on Worth Valley – update November 2020 to January 2021
Sunday August 23rd 2020 saw the first use of our 3 compartment carriages on the Worth Valley’s relaunched public services, ...Expected use of our stock
(updated on 2nd February) CARRIAGES AT THE WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY – from the end of September, the use of our ...Covid-19 Update – August 2020
UPDATE AUGUST 2020 – (updated 8th August) – Worth Valley services are to restart on 19th August as the major ...L&YR Saloon 12 rescued
Updated March 2022In 2018 we advised in ON TRUST that we had inspected Saloon 12 which had been owned by ...Carriages in NETFLIX series
The 6-part series called ‘The English Game’ was released on March 20th 2020 and can be viewed on the ...March 2020 Steam Galas
The Worth Valley and East Lancashire railways held Steam Gala weekend events on 6th to 8th March, both of which ...
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