This weekend has seen a good turn-out of volunteers, and that’s allowed progress on several areas. The ballast wagons have had an outing, dropping ballast to support rectifying a dipped […]
Field Work
Author Archives: Simon Lomax
Penrhyn Coach “H”
The Moseley Railway Trust’s replica Penrhyn Coach has been one of the stalwarts of the passenger fleet since the very opening of the Apedale Valley Light Railway.The Penrhyn Slate Quarries […]
A busy January day
Plenty of volunteers meant plenty got done at Apedale today. The main activity was the annual delight of track maintenance; it’s sobering to reflect that many of the sleepers in […]
Santa Special Update
An update on availability for our Santa Specials. On Saturday 16th, there are seats remaining on the 1200, 1430, 1530 and 1630 trains. There are a handful of seats left […]
Winter wonderland
Despite the intense cold (by UK standards, anyway…) there’s plenty going on at Apedale at the moment, Today has seen volunteers working on pointwork for the field railway extension, and […]
Update from the North Pole
We have had an update from the North Pole on Santa Special availability. Seats are selling fast. On 23rd December, only the 1200 train remains. On the 16th and 17th […]
The Loco which built the railway
If there was ever a locomotive which earned the accolade of “The Loco which built the railway”, it would be fleet no.29 “Vanguard”. This loco was despatched from Ruston’s Boulton […]
Santa Specials
Just a reminder that tickets for our famous Santa Special trains are now on sale here. The Man in Red will be with us on December 9, 10, 16, 17 […]
Halloween Scary Specials
Next weekend will be our Halloween Scary Special trains. During the day, we run our normal train service, using a diesel locomotive. Trains will run at 1130, 1200, 1230, 1330, […]
Stanhope and winding…
Rather a wet weekend at Apedale, but “Stanhope” taking a turn on the passenger train. Next Saturday will be the Orenstein (diesel on the Sunday) and then the following weekend […]
