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2024 Shop Opening

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…

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Shop Opening

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,…

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Shop Season's Greetings

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…

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Season's Greetings

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…

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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