The West Lancashire Light Railway

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2018 NEWS


April 15th


With the new operating season well under way, restoration and maintenance work continues apace.


Here our Hudswell mines loco gets a coat of paint on its brand-new cab.


In its first life underground it was cabless, as there was no room in the tunnels!


March 30th 


This weekend sees our first running days of the year, kicking off with a normal operating day on Good Friday.


The weather could be better, but a warm welcome awaits our visitors to our Easter Egg Hunts on Sunday and Monday.


February 11th


Yesterday was Awards Night at the Heritage Railway Association. A number of our members attended the ceremony, some almost unrecognisable out of their overalls...  


And we were runners-up in the Small Groups category!  The award was for our 50th Anniversary celebrations - a big thank you to all who contributed to the galas!


February 7th


Our 2018 timetable has been finalised - see here.


More details of each event will be added nearer the time - watch this space!

January 21st


The saga of the gala - read more than you really wanted to know here.

January 15th


More work on the loop at Delph yesterday, laying out the new(ish) sleepers on the renovated trackbed. More images are here.


We also held the Sybil Locomotive Trust AGM, where good progress was reported on the rebuild - photos are here.

January 9th


The Annual Report for 2016 is now available on the Documents page in the Members Section.

Website members can log in here.


January 8th


One happy worker - Keith wields a drill to good effect preparing Sybil's barrel for riveting to the throatplate.


More photos are on Sybil's Facebook page.

January 7th


The fun never stops at West Lancs. Today more work was done relaying the loop at Delph.


See this Facebook link for more photos.


January 3rd


As you may have noticed, the website has now entered its Blue Period. Green is so 2017....

Also there's a new photo story to view, and a link added to the Branch Line Society's visit report.


January 2nd


After an exciting and very successful 50th anniversary year, we are looking forward to what 2018 will bring us!


We open for the season on Good Friday, but in the meantime there's lots going on behind the scenes, maintaining and improving the site and our collection of preserved engines and rolling stock.


We hope this year to be running our new Access Coach, so those with restricted mobility can have a ride on our trains. And our Quarry Bagnall loco Sybil should be making an appearance after restoration.



There's lots to do before Easter - visit our membership page to see how you can help!