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We’ve had a training day at Apedale – a very necessary part of running a railway is managing the competencies of our members. The rules and regulations which apply to […]

Work has continued apace this weekend on the bogies from FR117. You will recall that these are rather brutal three-piece bogies (so-called because they contain four main structural parts – […]

The Pechot wagon is a rather large steel well-wagon which has been eating welding consumables for a number of weeks now. Quite a number of weeks, actually. Designed by the […]

After all the activity last week on the internals of the FR coach, attention has shifted downstairs. The vehicle sits on a set of ex-South Africa bogies, which are not […]

The ex-Ffestiniog coach arrived at Apedale a few months ago now, but with all the WW1 malarkey, we haven’t really done much with it yet. A detailed plan for the […]

….is, according to Douglas Adams, 42. It feels unlikely that he was thinking of a Motor Rail diesel loco as he wrote, but who knows? No. 42 is very much […]

Back to relative normality down at Apedale this weekend; we won the war, now it’s time to win the peace. Although the peace was thoroughly shattered by a photo charter […]

Tracks to the Trenches 2016 in retrospect – a great weekend. A big thank you to all our volunteers, exhibitors, traders, re-enactors, visitors……..we hope you all enjoyed it. Now it’s […]

That’s Day Two completed – an amazing day. The only problem we have encountered have been some difficulties with car parking. Unfortunately, we were unable to use one of usual […]

That’s Day One of Tracks to the Trenches over – really good day, lots of visitors and good weather. See you tomorrow (or Sunday, you can decide).