The East Lancs Railway (ELR) Summer Diesel Gala was held over the weekend of 8th to 10th July 2016. The list of locos attending and timetable produced can be found below: I planned to attend on Friday & Saturday and my time there on Friday was rather brief really as after 31162 had done its Read the Rest…
31466 had seen quite a lot of use already during 2016 at the East Lancs Railway, generally when I was away on holiday! Thankfully I’d been keeping an eye on the Bury Diesels Loco Roster and was pleased when 31466 had to stand in for 37418; again! The weekend previous to this had seen it Read the Rest…
Between Sunday 7th June and Sunday 14th June 2015 there was a considerable amount of class 31 action all over the country so rather than split all of the trips out to their separate railways I’ve included them in one post to show just what was on offer that week! Nene Valley Railway – 31271 Read the Rest…
I got married on Saturday 28th March 2015 with my “stag” weekend, in the loosest sense, being a weekend out involving some real ales, 31563 at the Great Central Railway and 31466 at the East Lancs Railway; having stayed overnight in Ramsbottom. Of course I managed to be the first person to bed on the Read the Rest…
The Dean Forest Railway’s 31466 was put to good use during early January 2015 at the East Lancs Railway with it having working train heat. The ELR Diesels Loco Roster is a good way to keep an eye on what will be working. 31466 was rostered the following during January 2015: Saturday 3rd January – Read the Rest…
During December 2014 the Dean Forest Railway’s 31466 was put to work at the East Lancs Railway on their very successful Santa Specials between Bury & Rawtenstall. It worked on the following dates: 13th, 14th and 19th to 24th December inclusive, a total of 8 days which would see it cover more than 600 miles. Read the Rest…
For me the line-up at the East Lancashire Railway Gala wasn’t anything special at all but the fact that both A1A Locomotive’s 31271 & the Dean Forest Railway’s 31466 were visiting made it worth the trip over the Pennines. It was touch and go whether 31271 would actually be ready in time for the ELR Read the Rest…
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) held a diesel gala over the weekend of the 5th to 7th July 2013. It had been my first time to the ELR since resident Class 31, 31435, had moved to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway but I was soon sure nothing had really changed; other than the old Read the Rest…