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No. 56006

  • East Lancs ‘Grid’ back in service after repair

    East Lancs ‘Grid’ back in service after repair

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    Sam Hewitt

    CLASS 56 No. 56006 returned to traffic on the Saturday of East Lancashire Railway’s September 21-23 gala when it moved Class 47 No. 47765, which had failed. The ‘Grid’ then worked its rostered trains the rest of the weekend without any problems. It last ran at the 2017 summer diesel gala, but developed an auxiliary alternator fault,…

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