Author Archives: Simon Lomax

An update regarding our September 19 & 20 Gala. We are delighted to announce that, courtesy of the team at Statfold, we will be hosting Andrew, Barclay engine “Cegin” as […]

We are delighted to announce a new steam arrival at the Apedale Valley Light Railway. “Jennie” was built in 2008 by the Hunslet Engine Company. The loco is a modern […]

The planned roster for August will be as follows:- August 1st – Stanhope, 2nd – Diesel August 8th & 9th – Ogwen (as Ogwen the Welsh engine) and OK5662 (as […]

After the Simplex take-over last weekend, we’re back! The July plan is as follows:- July 4 – Ogwen – this loco has a minor issue at the time of writing. […]

The visiting locos for Motor Rail Mania have started to arrive. To accomodate the newly-restored MR7522, the roster has been slightly revised. Each day we will now run a 16.30 […]

Developments for Motor Rail Mania – June 27 and 28. Two of the visitors have arrived – these are the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Trust locos nos. 4724 and 5226. […]

We are pleased to announce that the Moseley Railway Trust has published a major new book. This substantial work, several years in the making, tells the story of the Kerr, […]

Just a reminder that this coming weekend see our new family-focussed event “Park Animals”. Children will be able to take part in a simple quiz along the journey, looking out […]

We are pleased to announce yet another visiting loco for the Motor Rail Mania event on June 27 & 28. This extra visitor is loco 40S383, displayed in public for […]

The planned locos for June are as follows: 6 June – “Stanhope”, 7 June – diesel. 13 & 14 June – Hunslet 1215. This will be the last chance to […]