Author Archives: Simon Lomax

Following the Trust’s AGM last weekend, members were taken on an extended tour of the mine operated by our colleagues at the Apedale Heritage Centre. The railways and coal mining […]

Old Comrades re-unite at Tracks to the Trenches 2018 event at Apedale The Moseley Railway Trust is pleased to confirm that agreement has been reached with the Greensand Railway Museum […]

Next weekend sees the start of the 2018 season. We kick-off in style with the Easter Egg Hunt – fun for kids off all ages. Spot the eggs from the […]

A busy weekend at Apedale saw two steam locos with fire in the bellies as a test prior to the visit by Mr Boiler Inspector. The pleasant spring sunshine seemed […]

Ten years ago to the day, two Trust members were engaged on a Big Adventure. They had travelled to Ghana, Africa. They went there to visit Anglo Gold Ashanti and […]

By any standards, it was a mite chilly at Apedale this weekend. Some much so that some people went as far as talking about wearing vests and the like. Despite […]

There was the beginning signs of the onset of Spring this weekend. Put another way – it didn’t actually snow, which is an improvement. Despite the urge to plant daffodils, […]

Just a very quick note to let everyone know that advance tickets for Tracks to the Trenches – July 13-15 – are now on sale over at www.ww1-event.org. Why should I buy in […]

Thank you for visiting and welcome to the new, shiny Apedale Valley Light Railway Website. So new that parts of it are still packed in polystyrene blocks and need an […]