tarboat's photos with the keyword: apedale

Kerr Stuart 2395/1917 Tattoo in action at the Apedale winter gala.

Orenstein & Koppel 5662 of 1912 was sold to a company in Argentina and may have worked there in the sugar industry. It arrived in the UK in 2003 having languished out of use since at least the 1980s and eventually came to Apedale via Statfold Barn in May 2014. Restoration was completed at Apedale and the loco entered traffic in 2022. It is seen here ready for work at the late December gala on the Apedale Valley Light Railway.

This locomotive out on the field railway during the 2025 winter gala at Apedale is Simplex Mechanical Handling 40SD516 of 1979. It was delivered to Severn Trent Water at its Minworth sewage works and worked there until January 1989 after which it was placed in storage until transferred to the Moseley Railway Trust in August 2002.

Ruston & Hornsby 191658 of 1938 on the field railway at Apedale. This locomotive once operated on the system serving the Friden works DSF Refractories.

A great sunny day out to the Apedale winter gala. Kerr Stuart 2395/1917 Tattoo in action on its way back up the bank. This is a lovely friendly railway which had four locos in steam along with a range of i/c locomotives in action yesterday.

Water tower and crane at the Apedale Valley Light Railway.

Looking down an old road in the coal workings at Apedale, Staffs. Underground tours can be made here and the 'deeper underground' trips are particularly interesting.

The Apedale mines were always welcoming when I visited and allowed freedom to wander around the site so long as I did not enter the adits. This view has tubs being tipped close to the Rescue Room with Loomer Road stadium and part of Holditch Colliery site in the background.

Staffordshire Miners' memorial at Apedale. The wheel came from Annesley Colliery in Nottinghamshire.

This morning I took a stroll up the hill to the Staffordshire Miners' memorial at Apedale. The wheel came from Annesley Colliery in Nottinghamshire.

Baldwin WD 778 simmers whilst the crew take a well earned break during the first Tracks to the Trenches event at Apedale.

Troops from Bosnia-Herzegovina representing the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the Tracks to the Trenches event at Apedale.

Mounted troops demonstrating their skills at the Tracks to the Trenches event at Apedale. The troops attending the event incuded contingents representing the forces of Russia and Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as the usual suspects.

A coal seam exposed in a quarried face at Apedale. A very much younger Tarboat gives scale to the scene.

Roadway in the Apedale coal mines during a recent deeper tour.

Looking into old workings in the coal mines at Apedale. We did not go down there!

Today I went deeper under Apedale on the first of the new tours into the further reaches of the colliery. I believe that this particular level accesses the Spencroft seam which was reckoned to be highly suitable for use in steam locomotives. We saw at least six different seams and quite a bit of ironstone whilst underground.

Troops on the move from the trenches on the field railway that was laid for the Tracks to the Trenches event at Apedale run by the Moseley Railway Trust.