The North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) was formed in 1966 with the intention of preserving some of the steam locomotives then still working on regular goods or passenger trains in North East England.
[1] At the time of its formation, its first president was Wilbert Awdry, the author of The Railway Series books and the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine.
In 2014, the LNER K1 (62005) ran on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and on the Jacobite service in Scotland.
Members of the group hold regular evening meetings to discuss railway subjects, have a membership newsletter, and have produced various publications.
The group now also has a junior volunteers section, training young recruits at, mainly, the NYMR and Deviation Shed.