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Current status of our locomotives – 56006 & 56301

  • Current status of our locomotives – 56006 & 56301

    3rd March 2018

    56006 – Out of traffic at Baron Street, Bury. The technical team are awaiting the purchase of a megger tester which allows the insulation to…

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  • DCR loco sale

    25th November 2017
    DCR loco sale

    4/12/17 – 56128 has moved by road to Booth’s at Rotherham. 56311 & 56312 were delivered by rail to Leicester. 56303 is still active and was…

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  • November 2017 – Updated 25/11/17 to include 56301 duties W/C 26th Nov 17

    16th November 2017
    November 2017 – Updated 25/11/17 to include 56301 duties W/C 26th Nov 17

    A day at Bury on Monday 13th saw the defective auxiliary alternator coil replaced on 56006. The loco started first time afterwards, all three lamps…

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  • 56301 returns to mainline use

    2nd October 2017
    56301 returns to mainline use

    UPDATE – 6/10/17 – 56301 & 56081 repeated yesterdays 6Z16 & 6Z17 workings to Foxton. A picture of the return working 6Z17 below was taken…

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  • Class 56 Group Constitution

    4th July 2017

    Some of the committee at our AGM on July 1st mentioned that they had not seen a copy of the Class 56 Group Constitution which…

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  • 56 006 to stay on ELR following Diesel Gala

    2nd July 2017

    The Class 56 Group are please to announce that an agreement has been made which will see  56 006  remain at the East Lancashire Railway…

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  • More Grid Galleries …

    10th May 2017

    Yep, we now have galleries up for the first 50 members of the class. Take a look at our galleries pages here

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  • First 20 Grid Galleries published

    8th May 2017

    We have just published our first two albums containing fots of the first 20 locos in the class. Join us for a walk down memory lane…

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  • CLASS 56 GROUP AGM DATE 1ST JULY 2017

    22nd April 2017

    The annual meeting of the Class 56 Group will take place on the above date. Details are available in the latest edition of Gridiron which…

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  • Grid Photo Albums

    20th April 2017

    Keep an eye out on our site as we’ll shortly be putting together a comprehensive photo gallery of every member of the class built. In the mean…

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The Class 56 Group

The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. It is a Type 5 locomotive, with a Ruston-Paxman power unit developing 3,250bhp (2,423kW), and has a Co-Co wheel arrangement. The fleet was introduced between 1976 and 1983.

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