The end of an era can sometimes be difficult to spot. Not so today at Apedale. With the 24th AGM on the Trust taking place, the membership bade a grateful […]
Calling Scamps and Stumpies! We are pleased to confirm that we will have a 7 1/4″ gauge railway at ListerFest (May 18 & 19). What we need know are Lister-inspired […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]