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The WLA are looking to recruit a Charities Officer for the Management Committee as soon as possible. The Board have agreed that any candidate needs to be a good self […]

The WLA has just launched a new website to help with the future preservation of D1048 Western Lady. Although the main focus for the WLA is to finish the current […]

The WLA's Board & Management Committee has just updated its Business Plan for 2025 to 2027. This comprehensive Plan, covering some 48 pages, explains the WLA's history and background together […]

On behalf of the SVR, everyone will be concerned to hear about a serious embankment failure which occurred between Hampton Loade and Bridgnorth, leaving the line impassable. The SVR reports: […]

For those WLA Members feeling lucky, our WESTERN LOTTERY scheme has just arrived! THE WLA has just launched its new W E S T E R N   L O T […]

Work Undertaken for D1013 "B" End Bogie - as at December 2024 On Friday, 20th September 2024, D1013's B end bogie was relocated from the TMD Pit Road to No.3 […]

With D1013 and D1062 receiving most of the attention and focus during the year, a small group of WLA volunteers have been carrying out some initial assessments on D1048. Whilst […]

The story of how a small group of enthusiasts came together to save a ‘Western’ locomotive for preservation in the 1970s.