Cars

A big thank you to everyone who came along last weekend with their bears/unicorns/meerkats (delete as seen fit). Our next Event Day at the railway will be Classic Cars and […]

An apology

A small apology….unfortunately, we will be running the trains on Sunday using a heritage diesel locomotive rather than the expected steam loco. We are still running trains and we are […]

Diesel Delights

It is perhaps worth reminding ourselves that the king of the railway Internal Combustion engine is the Diesel (or, if you are from Lincoln, the “Oil Engine”). To be fair, […]

Internal Combustion progress

As we head towards the Diesel Delight event on October 7 & 8, various projects on the IC loco front continue to progress. The big Motor Rail, 1320, is continuing […]

Superheroes

We have been honoured to host a visit from Dr Ailsa, and his glamorous assistant, who should have been called Craig but wasn’t. They cam to lay hands on the […]

Snakes on a Train

One could reasonably wonder what is going on here? Have we decided to simplify AVLR operations by fitting some form of remote control, thereby saving all the faffing with running […]

Turtle Tricks

A bit warm down the Valley this weekend – more suited to eating ice cream than working on railways! Nonetheless, progress was made on several fronts. We are providing a […]

Working in the sun

The dismantling of Motor Rail 1320 has taken a major step forward with the main components being craned out of the frame. The frame is now elsewhere for shotblasting, and […]

Gala Success

Moseley Railway Trust celebrates successful Stanhope Gala – and looks to the future The Moseley Railway Trust held the annual railway gala at the Apedale Valley Light Railway on May […]

MR1320 and the Coach

In between running a steam service, and hosting “Diana” having a last running day before she heads off to Amerton, various other projects have been moving forward at Apedale. The […]