Bury Standard 4 Group - Restoring 80097 and 46428
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9th February, 2024
As the East Lancs Railway starts its 2024 season, the Bury Standard 4 Group Shop at Bury Bolton Street station will be fully reopened on Saturdays and Sundays from this weekend. Our badge stocks have been topped up, our own Pway expert Alan…
22nd January, 2024
As the East Lancashire Railway is not running any trains until the 10th February, our fund raising Shop coach will be open on Saturdays only from 1030 to 1600 until then. Call in and have a look at our range of model railway items,…
21st December, 2023
Shop Reason's Greetings The Bury Standard 4 Group's Shop Team wish all our Customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We would like to say a sincere thankyou to everyone who has supported us through the year with…
18th December, 2023
The Directors of the Bury Steam locomotive Company and the Officers of the Bury Standard 4 Group wish all our Shareholders, Members and Supporters a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We would like to thank you all for the…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…