Paint was thrown on to an East Lancashire Railway (ELR) diesel engine and about 40 carriage windows were smashed in Bury between 20 and 25 July. A 13-year-old boy and two girls aged 13 and 14 have ...

A £12m plan to turn East Lancashire Railway (ELR) into the "best heritage railway in the UK" has been approved by Bury Council. Launched in 1987, the heritage service attracted about 200,000 ...

it would unlock land to the east for the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) extension. The heritage line currently spans just over 12 miles and boasts seven stations celebrating the area's rich railway ...

Vesta,' a 108-year-old steam locomotive, is moving from Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum to East Lancashire Railway. Built in 1916 and operational at Shotton Steelworks in North Wales, 'Vesta' was ...