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Next weekend sees the start of the 2018 season. We kick-off in style with the Easter Egg Hunt – fun for kids off all ages. Spot the eggs from the […]

A busy weekend at Apedale saw two steam locos with fire in the bellies as a test prior to the visit by Mr Boiler Inspector. The pleasant spring sunshine seemed […]

Ten years ago to the day, two Trust members were engaged on a Big Adventure. They had travelled to Ghana, Africa. They went there to visit Anglo Gold Ashanti and […]

By any standards, it was a mite chilly at Apedale this weekend. Some much so that some people went as far as talking about wearing vests and the like. Despite […]

In addition to birthday parties, another major event a the weekend was the completion of the bodywork on Motor Rail 1320. This is a PRISM-funded project, and is restoring the […]

A somewhat different to usual day at Apedale today – we were running steam trains in February. This was a special birthday party for Richard Grey, one of Trustees, who […]

There was the beginning signs of the onset of Spring this weekend. Put another way – it didn’t actually snow, which is an improvement. Despite the urge to plant daffodils, […]

Just a very quick note to let everyone know that advance tickets for Tracks to the Trenches – July 13-15 – are now on sale over at www.ww1-event.org. Why should I buy in […]

Thank you for visiting and welcome to the new, shiny Apedale Valley Light Railway Website. So new that parts of it are still packed in polystyrene blocks and need an […]

Another busy Saturday down at Apedale. The main project was locating a lineside hut. This had been provided to us a little while ago by our friends at the Midland […]