Author Archives: Simon Lomax

The defined objective for the Saturday Team at Apedale was to reach the point where a loco could drive from the existing railway network and into the new shed. As […]

Good to see lots of smiling faces during the Teddy Bear’s Outing event. Despite the terrible Monday weather, a number of other tasks were undertaken. The three-way point which will […]

Lots of activity during a very pleasant sunny spring day at Apedale. In no particular order…. Stanhope was receiving finishing touches after its ten-year overhaul. Hunslet 1215 was being re-assembled […]

We are pleased to confirm that we will re-open to the public from Saturday 17th April. We will be running a steam loco on that day to mark the start […]

With a following wind, this will be the last of the Life & Times posts, and we’ll be able to get back to posting about what is actually happening at […]

Sadly, we cannot re-open to the public until April 17th – a real shame, as the Easter weekend weather has been unseasonally sunny thus far. However, we have been able […]

Unlike many of the fleet, we have unusually good photo coverage of this loco in industry, with images taken at four previous locations. It was ordered in 1955 by the […]

No.42 is a loco where its MRT fleet number co-incides, by a non-coincidence, with the running number it bore in industry. No.42 is Motor Rail 7710, one of the large […]

A little while ago, a L&T feature looked at Motor Rail 1320, the “Block of Flats” as it unaffectionately referred to. This time, we will look at its cousin, Motor […]

We are pleased to announce that we are planning to open to the public for the 2021 season on Saturday April 17th. Trains will run from 1130 to 1600 at […]