LMS Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T No. 47324 at Bury Bolton Street station

Class 35 'Hymek' no D7076 departs Bury Bolton Street station with a service for Heywood.

The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x750, 237 KB)The East Lancashire Railway station at Bury. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x750, 237 KB)The East Lancashire Railway station at Bury. ... Preserved 47493 on the Spa Valley Railway with a demonstration freight train. ... Image File history File linksMetadata HymekBury. ... Image File history File linksMetadata HymekBury. ... The British Rail Class 35 also known as a Hymek is a class of B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ... A scene on a heritage railway. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which roughly encompasses the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester, and has a population of 2. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

The line opened in 1987 operating a service from Bury to Ramsbottom via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended via Irwell Vale to Rawtenstall, and in September 2003 an eastbound extension from Bury to Heywood was opened. To gain access to Heywood, the line climbs a gradient of 1 in 36, and falling at a gradient of 1 in 41, to cross over the Manchester Metrolink system. The line is now just over 12 miles long. Statistics Population: 60,718 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD805105 Administration Metropolitan borough: Bury Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Statistics Population: 22,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD808226 Administration District: Rossendale Shire county: Lancashire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: ROSSENDALE Postal... Statistics Population: 28,024 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD8510 Administration Metropolitan Borough: Rochdale Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West... A Metrolink tram in Manchester city centre. ...

The railway is open every weekend of the year and holds a number of themed events and galas throughout the year which include Steam, Diesel and Thomas Events, amongst others, and also offers Driver Experience Courses. It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled steam and water vapor, accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engine. ... Thomas the Tank Engine. ...

The railway is run using volunteer members from the East Lancashire Preservation Society (ELRPS).

Locomotives

• Operational Steam Locomotives
  • Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T No. 32 'Gothenburg' ( Running as Thomas No.1 )
  • LMS 0-6-0T Class 3F "Jinty" no. 47324
  • LMS 0-6-0 Class 4F No. 44422. (On long term loan from the Churnet Valley Railway)
  • LMS 4-6-0 Class 5XP "Jubilee" no. 5690 "Leander" ( Passed for main line running )
  • LMS 4-6-2 Class 8P "Princess Royal" no. 6201 "Princess Elizabeth" ( Passed for main line running )
  • LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT "Black Five" no 45407 'The Lancashire Fusiler'.
  • LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT "Black Five" no 45231 'The Sherwood Forester'
  • BR 2-10-0 Class 9F No. 92214
  • SR 4-6-0 Lord Nelson No. 850 'Lord Nelson' (At Ian Riley's Loco works for OTMR fitting, will run at March steam gala.)

• Operational Steam Locomotives 'Stopped' for repair or other light work.
  • BR 4-6-2 Class 8P no. 71000 "Duke of Gloucester" ( Passed for mainline running - undergoing winter maintenence )
  • SR 4-6-0 Class S15 No. 825 (On site for contract repairs, usually based at North Yorkshire Moors Railway)

• Resident Steam Locomotives Running Elsewhere
  • SR 4-6-2 West Country Class no. 34067 "Tangmere" (Passed for main line running - Based At Stewarts Lane)

• Steam Locomotives Under Overhaul
  • BR 2-6-0 Class 4MT no. 76079 (Undergoing winter overhaul following accident at NYMR)
  • L&Y 0-6-0 Class 27 no. 52322. (Chassis shortly to move to the Ribble Steam Railway for Overhaul, last worked in 1999)
  • L&Y 0-6-0ST Class 23 no. 752 ( Undergoing contract overhaul for KWVR)
  • LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT "Black Five" nos. 45337. (Undergoing a ten yearly overhaul, completion expected in 2008).
  • LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT "Black Five" nos. 44871 (Recently purchased by Ian Riley and in the works for restoration, completion date is 2008)
  • LMS 2-6-0 Class 5MT "Crab" no. 42765.

• Steam Locomotives' Under Restoration
  • BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT no. 80097.

• Stored Steam Locomotives Awaiting Overhaul Or Restoration
  • LMS 2-6-0 Class 2MT no. 46428 ( Stored next to Bury South signal box - painted 'Thomas' red )
  • GWR 2-8-2T 7200 Class no. 7229
  • SR 4-6-2 West Country Class no. 34073 "249 Squadron" ( Some parts donated to Tangmere, currently for sale. )
  • SR 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class no. 35009 "Shaw Saville" ( In unrestored condition - also currently for sale. )

• Operational Diesel Locomotives and DMU
  • BR 0-4-0 Class 01 no. D2956 ( Castlecroft Shed Pilot )
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 03 no. D2062 ( Castlecroft Shed Pilot )
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. D3232
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. 08479 ( Baron Street yard shunter )
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. 08944
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 24 no. D5054
  • BR A1A-A1A Class 31 nos. D5600
  • BR B-B Class 35 no. D7076
  • BR Co-Co Class 40 no. D335
  • BR Co-Co Class 40 no. 40145 ( Passed for mainline running )
  • BR B-B Class 42 no. D832 "Onslaught"
  • BR 1Co-Co1 Class 45 no. 45135 "3rd Carabinier"
  • BR Co-Co Class 47 no. 47402 "Gateshead"
  • BR Co-Co Class 47 no. 47575 ( Owned By Riviera Trains )
  • BR Co-Co Class 55 no. 55022 "Royal Scots Grey" ( Recieving power unit repairs - Faulty unit now removed and loco running on one engine. )
  • BR Class 101 unit 51192+54352 ( 101659 & 101693 ) ( Recently repainted )
  • BR Class 207 no. 1305 (207202) (formed of 60130+70549+60904)

• Diesel Locomotives and DMUs Undergoing Overhaul or Restoration
  • Hibberd Planet 4W No. 3438 ( Housed in Castlecroft shed - under restoration )
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 14 no. D9531 ( Near completion - currently located in Baron Street shed )
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 15 no. D8233 ( restoration in progress, currently located outside Baron Street shed )
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 20 no. 20087 ( Bodywork and engine repairs underway - will emerge in BR Blue )
  • BR Co-Bo Class 28 no. D5705 ( Next in line for restoration - awaiting shed space )
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 33 no. 6536 ( Under overhaul in Buckley Wells carriage shed )
  • BR C-C Class 52 no. D1041 "Western Prince"
  • BR Class 105 unit 51485+56121 ( Under restoration in Buckley Wells carriage sheds )

• Stored Diesel Locomotives
  • Motorail Simplex 4W No. 9009 (Stored serviceable in the Bury Transport Museum)
  • MSC Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 DM No. 4002 ( Stored in Carriage sidings awaiting overhaul )
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. 08445
  • BR A1A-A1A Class 31 no 31456 ( Stored in Quarter Mile Diesel Sidings, awaiting restoration )
  • BR A1A-A1A Class 31 no 31467 ( Stored in Quarter Mile Diesel Sidings, for parts recovery )
  • BR C-C Class 50 no. 50015 "Valiant" ( Stored in Quarter Mile Diesel Sidings, awaiting overhaul )
  • NIR Class 80 No. 8099 ( Stored on section of 5ft 3 track at Castlecroft - bought as spares for 207202 )

• Electric Multiple Units
  • BR Class 504 unit 65451+77172

A typical Hudswell Clarke Diesel Locomotive from the 1950s Hudswell Clarke was an engineering and locomotive building company in Leeds, founded in 1860. ... Preserved 47493 on the Spa Valley Railway with a demonstration freight train. ... 44252 at Coalville MPD, June 1955. ... Winston Churchill at the popular 1940s weekend Steam in the Churnet valley The Churnet Valley Railway is a 5 and 1/4 mile long standard gauge heritage railway based at Cheddleton station to the East of Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire. ... The London Midland and Scottish Railways Jubilee class were a group of 191 engines built between 1934 and 1936. ... The Princess Royal Class was a class of a express passenger steam locomotive built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and designed by William Stanier. ... A black five in preservation The London Midland and Scottish Railways Stanier class 5 4-6-0, almost universally known as a black five is a class of steam locomotive. ... A black five in preservation The London Midland and Scottish Railways Stanier class 5 4-6-0, almost universally known as a black five is a class of steam locomotive. ... 92011 at New Basford 7 May 1966. ... The Southern Railway Class LN or Lord Nelson Class is a class of steam locomotive. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... 71000 as preserved. ... 71000 as preserved. ... Preserved No. ... A diesel train on the NYMR Goathland station. ... Preserved Unrebuilt West Country Class 21C213 Blackmoor Vale. ... The British Railways standard class 4 2-6-0 was a class of steam locomotive. ... The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 27 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work. ... 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A black five in preservation The London Midland and Scottish Railways Stanier class 5 4-6-0, almost universally known as a black five is a class of steam locomotive. ... The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Hughes Crab or Horwich Mogul is a class of mixed traffic steam locomotives built between 1926 and 1932. ... 80152 at Nine Elms MPD, 1965. ... Preserved locomotive, no. ... James the Red Engine in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7200 Class is a class of 2-8-2T steam locomotive. ... Preserved Unrebuilt West Country Class 21C213 Blackmoor Vale. ... No. ... The Southern Railway (SR) Merchant Navy Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. ... British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ... The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ... D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ... D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ... D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ... An unidentified Class 24 at Mossend yard in September 1976. ... Class 31, no. ... The British Rail Class 35 also known as a Hymek is a class of B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ... D202 at Liverpool Street in green livery, 1963. ... D202 at Liverpool Street in green livery, 1963. ... 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British Rail assigned Class 55 to the twenty-two English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 and used for high-speed service on Britains East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ... Class 101, no. ... Class 207, no. ... CLASS 14 An order for 26 0-6-0 650 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives was placed in January 1963, these to be built at British Railways Swindon Works. ... History Ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as Type 1 locomotives for local passenger and freight traffic in the London area. ... D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ... British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ... D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ... British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. ... The British Rail Class 105/106 diesel multiple units were built by Cravens Ltd. ... Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. ... D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ... Class 31, no. ... Class 31, no. ... 50050 Fearless at Reading, 1975. ... By the early 1970’s the MED’s together with the units inherited from the GNR had been in service for 20 years, the MPD’s for 10 years. ... The British Rail Class 504 was a unique type of electric multiple unit that ran on 1200V DC third rail with side contact current collection. ...

External links

• East Lancashire Railway website
• ELR Bury Diesel Group website
• Class 40 Preservation Society, Owners of 40145 and D335
• No. 55022 'Royal Scots Grey'
• Class 15 Preservation Society, Owners of D8233