Author Archives: Simon Lomax

A quick update on a couple more jobs which were done over the Xmas period – but only just got around to sorting the photos. Firstly, work has been proceeding […]

It’s been a busy TwixMas at Apedale, with not much let-up in activity. Apparently the site was not operating on Christmas Day, but that was about it. For the first […]

MRT fleet number 61 is Motor Rail 1320, which was new from the Bedford factory on 10 September 1918. This loco began life as a “protected” type 40HP petrol-engined loco, […]

The Apedale Valley Light Railway will be running every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from April 6 to October 27. Steam locomotives will be in use on event days, […]

In between all the Santa-related excitement (the elves have been busy on the Grotto), various other projects have progressed at Apedale. Ruston 191658 has held on to its engine with […]

With the end of the main running season, the Winter Maintenance Programme is now in full swing at Apedale. The WMP is a surprisingly complex concept, as we also use […]

The Halloween event normally marks the end of the main operating season for the Apedale Valley Light Railway, with just the Santa Specials in December to come. However, 2018 is […]

Saturday October 27th and Sunday 28th will see us running our Halloween Spooky Steam Trains once again. How does this work? We’ll run our normal train service from 11:30 until […]

Excellent Day One of the Diesel Delights event. 14 different locos used on the mainline passenger train, 8 of which have (I am told) never hauled a passenger train before. […]

We hope we need hardly remind you that this coming weekend – October 6 & 7 – is the 2018 Diesel delights event, when the Apedale fleet of non-steam locos […]