East Lancashire Railway 1987
- occupation:
- Heritage railway company
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Made:
- Lancashire, Manchester, Bury, Rossendale, Blackpool, Preston, Liverpool, Ormskirk and Bacup
Heritage railway operated by members of East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society (ELRPS); noted for collection of diesel locomaotives and some 140 carriages, wagons and utility vehicles; following closure by British Rail in 1982 line re-opened as heritage railway 25 July 1987 with inital service running between Bury and Ramsbottom via Summerseat; 1991 extended to Rawtenstall via Irwell Vale; 2003 extended to Heywood