Form an orderly queue…..

On behalf of our colleagues at the Apedale Heritage Centre, the Moseley Railway Trust is selling a Ruhrthaler diesel loco; 750mm gauge, it’s a big beast, weighing in at 12 […]

Air Power

The Moseley Railway Trust has passed a milestone in the work to complete the Apedale Valley Light Railway. Yesterday, 23/1/10, we ran our first air-braked “passenger” train. Passengers in inverted […]

The Eagle Has Landed

For the first time in what seems like an age, we have actually managed to find the railway at Apedale. Apparently it’s the wood & metal thing which has been […]

King Coal

Winter has maintained its unrelenting icy grip down in the Apedale Valley. At times, parts of the site began to resemble a submarine film as burst pipes showed themselves as […]

Winter Wonderland

Today has seen an appreciable snowfall down in the Apedale Valley. Consideration was given to breaking out the Snowplough, but it all seemed a bit difficult to clear 1/2″ of […]

Into the new decade

Despite the snow and ice, work has continued at Apedale. Our tame groundworks man has made progress in the Bermuda Triangle area, and the trackbed formation can now be clearly […]

Work goes on

It’s been a tab nippy down in the deepest reaches of the Apedale Valley over the last few days. Our trusty max/min thermometer indicated a low of -10 deg C, […]

The final push

Hopefully, as I write this, the Moseley Railway Trust’s groundworks contractor is getting a nice early night in preparation for sorting out drainage and other soil-related issues in the Bermuda […]

Take a Bow

Every so often, I’ve updated the blogworld about the activities of the Moseley Railway Trust Elite Fencing Team. Like building the Channel Tunnel, eventually they would finish – and that […]