Author Archives: Simon Lomax

We will re-open to the public on Saturday 1st August. During August, we will operate on every Saturday, plus Sunday 9th, Bank Holiday Sunday 30th and Bank Holiday Monday 31st. […]

The Apedale Valley Light Railway is now working towards the day when we can welcome visitors to the site again. We are planning that day to be Saturday 1st August. […]

Moseley Railway Trust recovers equipment from Great Britain’s last peat works railway The Moseley Railway Trust has recovered all of the remaining locomotives, wagons and track from Great Britain’s last […]

Please forgive a blatant advert, but you may wish to be aware that the Moseley Railway Trust on-line book store is now open. Our supremely trained virtual shop assistants are […]

Thanks for looking in. Just to clarify, the Apedale Valley Light Railway remains closed to the public, including non-working Trust members. Some work is taking place on site, but that […]

This weekend should have been our annual gala, which would have marked the 10th anniversary of the start of train services on the Apedale Light Railway. Sadly, not to be. […]

In more normal times, this weekend would have been spent in frantic preparation for the 10th anniversary gala. A highlight of the weekend would have included cleaning the shed floor, […]

Today we head south. 1984, and this is a contract which was underway to expand the BR tunnel just London side of Southampton station. I believe the objective was to […]

Today, we visit a location which has become a bit of a legend. RAF Fauld, the location of the UK’s largest-ever explosion.The site was storing large amounts of munitions in […]

In more normal times, this would have been our first steam weekend of the season. Not to worry, we’ll just call this Stanhope Saturday. The undoubted flagship of the Apedale […]