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Life and Times – No.32
Loco no.32 is a Lister RM2X, number 52885 of 1962; this is one of the very late Listers, which were branded as Lister Blackstones, and had an improved bodywork. The […]
Life and Times – No.78 City of Gloucester
This is a fairly late-build loco to use a petrol engine – the use of the Dorman diesel was more common by this time. It suffered an identity crisis from […]
Life and Times – No.7 “The Wade”
One of the unsung heroes of the MRT fleet – we present fleet no.7, Motor Rail 8663 of 1941 “The Wade”. The loco was ordered by the War Office and […]
Life and Times – No.50 The Deutz
Built by Deutz at their works near Cologne in Germany, No.50 was delivered new to the West Kent Main Drainage Board, Long Reach Sewage Works, Dartford, on 23 May 1931. […]
Life and Times – No.71, Clayton 5843
Carrying on the Woodhead theme, we present fleet no.71 – Clayton 5843 of 1971. No. 71 was new to the National Grid Woodhead Tunnel, doubtless purchased in the wake of […]
Life and Times – the Hudson Mini Locos
Two for the price of one this week – the life and times of the Hudson MiniLocos. A long-standing agreement between Hudson and the Hunslet Engine Company mean that any […]
Life & Times – No.61, Motor Rail 1320
With Lockdown3 now in full swing, there isn’t much to report from the Apedale site. So, to entertain both regular readers, we thought we would produce a few features looking […]
Christmas – almost but not quite cancelled
Sadly, we had to cancel all of our Santa Special trains due to the pandemic. This left us with a rather large pile of presents – mainly wrapped chocolate selection […]
Santa 2020 – CANCELLED
We are really sorry to have to disappoint you so close to Christmas, but we have had to cancel all of the Santa Special trains for this year. This is […]
