Them’s the breaks

We had hoped that this week, we would be writing about the visit of the Kerr Stuart Joffre locomotive to the Golden Valley Light Railway. Unfortunately, when dealing with almost 100 […]

The beast that walketh in darkness

This weekend, the Moseley Railway Trust has been delighted to receive a visitation from the management and staff of the Perrygrove Railway. Sadly, the staff of said railway failed to […]

Transport Trust awards

Moseley Railway Trust project wins award from the Transport Trust The Moseley Railway Trust (MRT) is delighted to report that it has received the Alan Moore award at the recent […]

Mining Gala

It’s been a frenetic day down at Apedale. Our neighbours at the Heritage Centre had their Mining Gala, which attracted hordes of visitors from far and wide – and a […]

Good for its age

A busy weekend in the sun-kissed hinterlands of the Apedale Valley saw another birthday party take advantage of our remarkably affordable charter and group booking rates. Larry, a remarkably sprightly […]

Wagons Wheels

A couple of major wagon projects are now approaching completion at Apedale. A project has been on-going to restore two bolster wagons. These were originally used at the BR materials […]

EuroLoks

As the entire population of the UK sits down on the collective sofa and tunes in to the Eurovision Song Contest, thoughts naturally swing towards our colleagues in such well-known […]

Four Seasons in One Day

It is fair to say that the weather was not overly kind to the Classic Car weekend at Apedale. Classic Cars do not take kindly to heavy rain, and so […]

In the…..errr…..sludge

One of the occasional dubious joys of a site like Apedale is the discovery of the legacy of the building’s previous owners – Aurora Mining (hence Aurora Works). That legacy […]

All kinds of everything

A very pleasant spring day has seen a wide variety of things going on at Apedale. Passenger trains have been ambling up and down the Apedale Valley Light Railway, with […]