Over the last few weeks and months, significant amounts of work on Lizzie have been continuing at Carnforth in Lancashire. Firstly, the cab was removed so that the boiler could be released, and now the boiler has been lifted by crane from the frames too so that a full and...
We're pleased to report that the assessment for 6201 Princess Elizabeth's forthcoming overhaul has begun at Carnforth. If you recall, in 2022 Lizzie was about to embark on another Northern Belle tour over the Settle to Carlisle line, but was unexpectedly taken out of service back with a leaking boiler...
We have a high-speed journey up the West Coast Main Line to Carnforth hauled by a blue class 86 electric locomotive. We then enjoy a circular steam tour outwards via Shap to Carlisle and back via the Settle and Carlisle line. We return to London behind our blue electric locomotive. ...
We are very pleased to report that on the 14th March 2019, 6201 ‘Princess Elizabeth’ had her initial light test run after various repairs were carried out at Carnforth. This was the first time ‘Lizzie’ had been in steam on the national network since being withdrawn for repair at the...
6201's Boiler Back up to pressure at Carnforth (Nov 2018) Over the last few weeks, further progress has been made with repairs at Carnforth - just in time for 6201 Princess Elizabeth's 85th birthday on the 3rd of November. The motion has been re-fitted, and more components repaired and reinstated accordingly. ...
The team at Carnforth have been making very good progress with the locomotive since the last update, and though there is still work to do, we're very pleased to report on the work completed so far. To date, all welding work has now been completed, new piston rings have been installed,...