Huff and Puff with West Lancashire Light Railway

Picture taken at West Lancashire Light Railway

West Lancashire Light Railway, Hesketh Bank.  Spring News 2012 News article by Philip Pacey (WLLR)

The West Lancashire Light Railway is a short 2’ gauge line situated at Hesketh Bank, approximately midway between Preston and Southport.  We are open every Sunday and Bank Holiday from April to the end of October.  Motive power includes three historic steam locomotives, with others undergoing restoration and a large number of internal combustion industrial locomotives.  The line runs beside a former clay pit which served a brickworks adjacent to the old West Lancashire Railway.

Photo by WLLR

Full steam ahead for Father Christmas and The Snowman on the West Lancashire Railway

Full steam ahead for Father Christmas & The Snowman on the Santa Special Steam Train at the West Lancashire Railway in Hesketh Bank 17th December 2011

Father Christmas and The Snowman at West Lancashire Light Railway December 2011

The West Lancashire Light Railway is a two foot gauge passenger carrying railway located in the village of Hesketh Bank midway between Preston and the resort of Southport. The line features a number of interesting locomotives and other railway equipment brought together from industrial lines in the immediate locality, from elsewhere in Great Britain and from overseas.

The Railway is a non-profit making organisation and is operated and supported by the West Lancashire Light Railway Trust. Volunteers are always needed to help maintain and develop the Railway as well as operating the trains. If you would like to join the Trust and lend a hand you will be made very welcome.

West Lancashire Railway. Station Road, Hesketh Bank, PR4 6SP Telephone 01772 815881 For more information please visit www.westlancs.org

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