Astley Green line aims for summer public opening

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RED Rose Steam Society volunteers hope to offer passenger rides on the railway at Lancashire Mining Museum (former Astley Green Colliery) by mid-summer.

Some 400metres of track has been relaid and a small passenger platform constructed.

The trio of ex-colliery locos operated during the Lancashire Steam Heritage Festival at Lancashire Mining Museum (Astley Green Colliery). Left to right are Hunslet 8975/1978 Newton, Hunslet No. 3 and Ruston & Hornsby 497547/1963 Point of Ayr. All three are on loan from Leeds Industrial Museum. JAMES HAMILTON

A further 400m of track will also be relaid and ballasted.

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Three locos were in action providing shunting demonstrations during a May 19-20 Lancashire Steam Heritage Festival event at the colliery, when 26 ex-mining industry locos, many stored and not apparently in working condition, were noted at the site.

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