Author Archives: Simon Lomax

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

A major recent development on the Apedale site has been the creation of a new shed area – doubtless this will have been seen by the many visitors to the […]

We are delighted to announce that tickets for our ever-popular Santa Special trains are now on sale. This year, we’ve added a 5th date by popular request. So, we are […]

A few photos from Day One, starring the visiting vertical-boiler “Taffy”. All happening again on Sunday – be seeing you? All details are here.