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Workshop Update November 2023

13th November, 2023

    Ivatt loco 46428   Our workshop team have been settling into the autumn weather, even had to put the heating on (!) and progress continues on our Ivatt loco 46428.     The new cab is almost complete and has been (mostly) rivetted…

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Workshop Update Oct 2023

3rd October, 2023

  Work continues at a steady pace on our Ivatt loco 46428.   The new cab has been rivetted together and is being primed. Newly cast brake hanger mounting brackets are being machined.   The boiler is being cleaned up and the top feed housing…

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Workshop Update Oct 2023

Bury Steam Loco Co Agm

21st September, 2023

    TO all Shareholders of the Bury Steam locomotive Company Limited:   The Annual General Meeting of the Bury Steam Locomotive Company Limited will be held on Wednesday 25th October 2023, 7.30pm at the ELRPS (East Lancs. Railway Preservation Society) conference room in Baron Street, Bury,…

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Group Update Ausust 2023

22nd August, 2023

  Standard 4 Tank Loco   80097   After much delay the new large flue tubes for 80097,  which were due in March, finally arrived in May. Our Boiler Inspector then required the welds on them to be tested, so 10% were sent away and passed…

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Group Update Ausust 2023

Ivatt Loco Update

24th January, 2023

  More Ivatt Progress   A new year and our workshop team, who have been working with our ELR workshop colleagues on removing the flue tubes on 80097, are back working on our Ivatt restoration.   An assembly frame has been built for the new…

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January 80097 Update

15th January, 2023

  Our workshop team, working with ELR engineering staff,  have now removed all the condemned large boiler tubes (flues) after previously removing the main steam pipes, gauges and other necessary parts. The new pipes are expected to be delivered to us in February and the…

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January 80097 Update

2023 Shop Opening Times

4th January, 2023

Bury Standard 4 Group Shop     Our Shop Team would like to wish all our Members, Customers and Donors a Happy New Year.   As the East Lancashire Railway will not be running any trains until early March, it has been decided that our…

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December Update

6th December, 2022

  Steam Loco 80097   Nigel and our workshop team have removed steam pipes and other necessary parts in preparation for the large flue pipes to be taken out. The new pipes are expected to be delivered to us in February. 80097 is currently in…

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December Update

Boiler Fail

29th October, 2022

  The Bury Standard 4 Group is devastated to announce that their Standard 4 mt loco, 80097, failed last weekend with a blown large boiler tube. This is following the replacement of all the 157 small boiler tubes, which had to be replaced following failures…

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October Update

20th October, 2022

  Steam Loco 80097   Our loco 80097 headed a memorial train on Wednesday 14th September.   She carried a wreath, designed by the Bury Standard 4 Group, in memory of our Queen Elizabeth II and also of our late workshop colleague Gary Marland, whose…

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October Update