East Lancs Railway 200 weekend 13-14 September

Steam locos:

• Furness 20 hauling vintage carriages
• 11243 giving shunting demonstrations at Bury Transport Museum
• 11456
• 34092 'City of Wells' footplate access at Bury Bolton Street in the afternoon

Diesel locos

• 832 'Onslaught'
• D5054
• 7076

More info https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/events-activities/railway-200-celebration-weekend/

 

According to the ELR Facebook page, Furness 20 will be hauling a Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon and a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Director's Saloon.

There is a supplement of £12.50 to travel in the GER Royal Saloon. This includes a cream tea.

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No 34081- also not seen any pictures of her since being turned out at the gala in Devon Belle regalia, has she developed a fault?

Chris

 

One to ask @Spamcan81, I'd say?

 

Updated to diesels in use.

Now D832 Saturday, with 56006 Sunday, joined by visiting 70008 in the afternoon from Rawtenstall. 70008 on display and footplate visits at Rawtenstall on Saturday and Sunday morning.

No Hymek out over the weekend (it will now be running at Embsay on Sept 20th).

 

Surprising how a new suit of clothes can improve matters. Presume the doubling up with 56006 is for the braking.

 

Updated timetables now online with Sunday's timetable now revised. (The Class 70 goes up light engine to Rawtenstall before the first train on Saturday): https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Rail-200-PTT-Updated.pdf
Saturday's Fish and Chip special now Sold Out.

 

No, it's because you can't couple a class 70 to rolling stock with corridors. The corridor connection juts out too far and risks getting caught on the headlight clusters. When they've worked passenger trains before they've either ran double headed or coupled to a non-corridor vehicle such as a GUV.

 

Apparently same thing happened with the A4's when introduced with short buffers, the front end interfered with corridor connections and the like if running tender first. The reason why they have longer reach buffers on the front now.

 

Per ELR chairman’s blog today to Riley’s Q1 2026.

 

well that doesn’t help