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To celebrate the lives of WLA members who made significant contributions to the WLA in recent years - namely the late Greg Heathcliffe, Henry Coates and Chris Shields - we […]

The WLA has strengthened its engineering team by creating the new position of Assistant Engineering Co-ordinator on its Management Committee and has appointed one of its younger working members, Jack […]

We are delighted to share some fantastic news about two of the WLA’s younger Working Members, Jack Richards and Krystian Rekowski, who have both secured apprenticeships with Alstom at the […]

Following a very extensive Winter Maintenance programme, the WLA's hard-pressed Working Members have made an exceptional effort to ensure that D1062 can return back to traffic for the 2026 Operating […]

It is with regret that we have to announce that D1062 Western Courier has been withdrawn from participation in the SVR Spring Diesel Festival, taking place from the 14 to […]

Only two weeks after D1013 on the jacks to release "A" end bogie for overhaul, it was D1062's turn to release "A" end bogie as well! This took place on […]

Following the overhaul of "B" end bogie of D1013, work has now started on "A" end bogie! This is a significant step forward with the ongoing Bogie overhaul for D1013, […]

Following a recent Management Committee meeting, unanimous approval was given to purchase a new set of cardan shafts. The purchase will allow a set of cardan shafts earmarked for D1013 […]