Across the UK, enthusiasts are gearing for a year of bicentenary celebrations. Events for the Railway 200 anniversary will ...

East Lancashire Railway’s Santa Specials have ... or sing along with the carolling polar bears. The steam train will then set off to Rawtenstall and back on an approximately 80-minute round ...

The East Lancashire Railway's Santa Special trains are delighting ... The 80-minute round trip to Rawtenstall promises enchantment for all ages with live brass band music encouraging a sing ...

Volunteers have been working since the 1980s to preserve the twelve-and-a-half-mile (20 km) railway that runs between Heywood, Bury and Rawtenstall ... level of use of steam and heritage diesel ...