Steam mini-gala

October is a bit of a steam mini-gala down at the Apedale Valley Light Railway. We’re running with two steam locos on the 9th & 10th, and then on the […]

Hello, Goodbye

After all the excitement of the Opening Weekend, it’s back to reality at the Apedale Valley Light Railway. Today has seen the departure of the Hunslet steam loco “Edward Sholto” […]

An Away Mission

Just occasionally, we get time off for good behaviour, and the Moseley folks are allowed to leave Staffordshire. Such an event was last Saturday, when we took the NGRS/Moseley sales […]

What a Weekend!

The Grand Opening Gala at the Apedale Valley Light Railway has been and gone. And what a weekend! We welcomed more than a thousand people through the gates. The passenger […]

Quorate

The final steam loco of this weekend’s trio has now arrived safe and sound at Apedale – it’s the vertical boiler loco Paddy. Along with Stanhope, Paddy will work the […]

Getting Ready

The Grand Opening Gala is now less than a week away – and the plans are beginning to slot into place. We’ve spent the weekend testing and confirming that everything […]

Preparing for the Big Day

As the big grand opening weekend draws closer, some of the visitors have already started to arrive. First was a coach on loan from the Hayfield Railway Group. This coach […]

First passenger service day

After last Saturday’s one-off passenger train, this Saturday 21st August) saw the first full day of passenger service operated on the Apedale Valley Light Railway. As is traditional, the service […]

Open for Business

The Moseley Railway Trust, or (as it then was) the Moseley Industrial Tramway and Museum last ran a fare-paying passenger train on the site at the Margaret Danyers College, Cheadle […]