The Cumbrian Mountaineer 2012
79 Years after being built to conquer the gradients of the West Coast Mainline, Lizzie does it one more time in spectacular style before her forthcoming overhaul in 2012. ...
Princess Elizabeth Tag
Lizzie taken back to base for repairs
On Saturday 26th November 2016, whilst carrying out a routine boiler washout and inspection, our chief engineer discovered a weeping small boiler tube. A more detailed inspection revealed several other suspect tubes. Instead of replacing these few tubes and fulfilling our programme of work for the rest of the...
Lizzie returns again!
On 17th August following repairs, 6201 Princess Elizabeth set off from the West Shed at the Midland Railway Centre on a second test run to ensure the locomotive is ready for the forthcoming mainline charter tours starting next week. We’re very pleased to announce that the test run was a...