Centenarian makes it – just!
MRT fleet number 61 is Motor Rail 1320, which was new from the Bedford factory on 10 September 1918. This loco began life as a “protected” type 40HP petrol-engined loco, […]
What’s planned for 2019?
The Apedale Valley Light Railway will be running every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from April 6 to October 27. Steam locomotives will be in use on event days, […]
Ruston vs Baldwin
In between all the Santa-related excitement (the elves have been busy on the Grotto), various other projects have progressed at Apedale. Ruston 191658 has held on to its engine with […]
Winter Maintenance
With the end of the main running season, the Winter Maintenance Programme is now in full swing at Apedale. The WMP is a surprisingly complex concept, as we also use […]
Lest we forget
The Halloween event normally marks the end of the main operating season for the Apedale Valley Light Railway, with just the Santa Specials in December to come. However, 2018 is […]
Halloween beckons….
Saturday October 27th and Sunday 28th will see us running our Halloween Spooky Steam Trains once again. How does this work? We’ll run our normal train service from 11:30 until […]
Diesel Delights Day One
Excellent Day One of the Diesel Delights event. 14 different locos used on the mainline passenger train, 8 of which have (I am told) never hauled a passenger train before. […]
Diesel Delights and Platforms
We hope we need hardly remind you that this coming weekend – October 6 & 7 – is the 2018 Diesel delights event, when the Apedale fleet of non-steam locos […]
Diesel Delights preparations
Preparations are in full swing for the Diesel Delights event on October 6 and 7. Various locos have been extracted from their hiding places around the site, and are now […]
Bank Holidays and Baldwins
The last couple of weeks have, as usual, seen lots of progress on several front at Apedale. Sadly, the August Bank Holiday weather lived down to expectations, which affected the […]
