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It is

Its been discussed, maybe one day ;)

Its the cl14 out this Sunday.

Feel free to drop me a message if you want to come down and take a few pictures behind the scenes, even better if it’s on a Saturday. I’ll arrange something. We’re not sure on what running days we have yet as we’re currently doing some engine work.

Don’t forget that thing hasn’t pulled anything big for quite a while so it needed a good clear out. Noticed it cleared up on the return back to Chinnor.

50 015 won’t be going I’m afraid so scrub that one off. Maybe one day.

Take a look at the ELR, we’re only in Bury. Have to be quick though as they sell out sharpish.

I’ve been a volunteer on the ELR for just a smidge over 5 years now on the diesel footplate, signalling as well as maintaining our tub. It’s a brilliant place, very welcoming and friendly. Don’t believe everything you see on social media. I would suggest coming to one of the tours and seeing for...

Hi, It’s not a 37 but we’re running 2 private footplate experiences this year at the ELR with our Class 50, dates are 15th June and 2nd November although June has nearly sold out with only 1 section remaining, November has a nice selection remaining. We run the 3rd path on the railway so we’re...

Yep we do.

There’s a good chance it’s making its way to the ELR, there’s some line testing taking place next week.

Incorrect. Shuttles to Heywood only tend to only happen at Halloween, Santa’s and other events as such. They’ll be travelling the full length. The 144 will be doing Bury - Rammy on Friday in the morning.

68 was always on the roster, it just wasn’t announced until confirmation.

Timetable with locos have now been released. http://www.elrdiesel.info/documents/2022%20July%20Diesel%20Timetable%20V1.3.2.pdf

That’s the reason why cost is an issue, demand is high and supply is low especially with Russia being banned from exporting to us. They supply something like 50% of coal to Europe.