The West Lancashire Light Railway (WLLR) is holding a ‘Friendly Engine’ event this Sunday (30 April) between 11.30am and 4.30pm.

Friendly Engine Sunday is part of the Railway’s 2023 season of events. It is aimed particularly at younger railway enthusiasts, who will have the change to see WLLR’s Friendly Engines, Paddy, Monty and Hudswell as well as many more little engines.

The family afternoon of railway fun will include ‘Drive a diesel’ and a live steam model railway. The tearoom will be open, serving delicious teas, coffees, and cake.

The Railway is located on Thornton Drive, off Station Road, Hesketh Bank, about ten miles south of Preston, Lancashire.

It operates narrow-gauge passenger steam trains on a short run of about 400m from Becconsall station through woodland between the village and the Douglas river, to Delph station. At Becconsall, it has a tearoom and a shop selling railway-themed gifts, plants and books.

The West Lancashire Light Railway offers a family-friendly venue for visitors interested in live-steam railways and the preservation of industrial heritage. As well as five steam engines, it has more than twenty small diesel, petrol and battery locomotives rescued from defunct industrial undertakings.

The Railway is a registered charity operated entirely by volunteers.

Tickets can be purchased on the day or on the West Lancashire Light Railway website