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An aspect of railway operations not often covered is how new vehicles are brought into use. The older hands will tell you that “The Railway Inspectorate Approves Things”. They are […]

Bit of a take-over by the rubber-tyre boys today. Not the Paris Metro, but the Potteries Omnibus Preservation Society who held their annual rally on our event field. And a […]

CThe Chesterton Co-Op has donated a defibrillator machine to the Moseley Railway Trust. Defibrillators can significantly improve the likely outcome for an individual who suffers a heart attack. The machine […]

Both regular visitors to this page will have seen the rather painful manual approach being taken to extending the Field Railway. The levels in the vicinity of the project meant […]

Pretty terrible weather, especially on the Saturday, rather limited outdoor working this weekend. Attention was focused on our flagship locomotive, “Stanhope”. This locally built loco (Kerr, Stuart) reached the end […]

The main project this Easter at Apedale has been the groundworks for the Field Railway extension. The Field Railway, you will recall, currently terminates in a pair of sidings. These […]

First steam weekend of the 2019 season, and Joffre doing the honours. Meanwhile, the WOLT Hunslet has returned from its overwintering habitat (Statfold). This loco will be in use for […]

Another busy and productive day at the Apedale Valley Light Railway. Today was the first day of the 2019 passenger operating season. Prior to this, the Low Speed Track Recording […]

AGM day, so a chance to have an outing with a couple of the more exotic locos in the Apedale collection – specifically the recently-restored Hudswell diesel and the charecterful […]

One of the favourite locos at Apedale is the 1931 Deutz. Unfortunately, the last time it was operated, a problem became apparent with one of the flywheels. Investigation showed a […]