The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Preservation Trust was formed in 1988 to replace the L&Y Saddletanks Fund, established in 1964. All activities are now in the hands of the Trust, which owns a unique collection of steam locomotives and carriages previously owned by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

The East Lancashire Railway is a twelve-and-a-half-mile heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood and Rawtenstall with intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, Burrs Country Park, Summerseat, Ramsbottom and Irwell Vale.