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East Lancashire Light Railway Tel: 0161 764 7790 , Fax: 0161 705 5111 , Greater Manchester, BL9 0EY To quote ELR's own literature "a trip on the East Lancashire Railway is a journey back in time". If the age of steam is to your taste then a trip on a steam train through the beautiful Rossendale Valley could be just the ticket. The original rail line was opened in 1846 to link the Manchester to Bolton line with Radcliffe, and continued along the Irwell Valley to Rawtenstall. But the Rawtenstall-Bury line failed to maintain viable goods and passenger traffic so that it would have been closed down and dismantled, had it not been for the East Lancs Preservation Society. With some help from Bury and Rossendale Councils, the line was reopened in 1987..... |
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