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Ideally, it would have been “15 reasons”, but most people would stop reading by then. So, we’ll just go with the best five. 1:- Eight steam locos in operation – […]

Wonderful to see the re-launch of steam loco Hudswell 1238 after its overhaul. The overhaul has been undertaken entirely in-house by some of our younger members, and they should be […]

Here’s the plan for the Holiday Month: Full Steam for Forces August 2 & 3 – Hunslet 1215 and Kerr, Stuart “Tattoo”. Various military internal-combustion locos will work passenger and […]

We’ve got a great line-up of events in the next few weeks. This Sunday is one our Car Boot Sales & Autojumbles. Details are here And then two weeks later […]

To coincide with the school holidays, we’re launching a sizzling summer special! Pay once – ride all day. Yes, your standard return ticket can be used for as many train […]

Subject to the usual caveats, here’s the July plan: 5th July – WOTO. 6th July – Diesel. 12th & 13th July – Stanhope 19th July – Ogwen. 20th July – […]

Here’s the planned loco usage for June: As ever, allocations are subject to the vagaries of antique machinery…..

During the last week, we hosted a group from AtkinsRéalis Central Rail Systems Alliance (who are based in Crewe). We had set them a pretty tough challenge. The problem was […]

Any recent visitors to the Moseley Railway Trust’s site at Apedale,Staffordshire, cannot have failed to notice the very large building which isgrowing alongside the existing station. This new building is […]

The journey of Hudswell Clarke 1238 back to the operational fleet at Apedale has taken a major step forward today. The boiler inspector attended to carry out the steam test […]