Moseley Railway Trust

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Moseley Railway Trust
The Stanhope steam locomotive of the Moseley Railway Trust on the Apedale Valley Light Railway
The Stanhope steam locomotive of the Moseley Railway Trust
on the Apedale Valley Light Railway
Route length: 1.5 km
Gauge : 610 mm ( 2 foot track )

The Moseley Railway Trust (MRT) is a collection of British narrow-gauge railway locomotives and wagons. Originally exhibited in Manchester , it has since moved to the Apedale Community Country Park near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire , where the Apedale Valley Light Railway and a railway museum have been established next to the Apedale Heritage Center.

history

Chaumont diesel locomotive of the Moseley Railway Trust

The first construction phase of the narrow-gauge railway with a gauge (track) of 610 mm (2 feet ) was officially put into operation for passenger traffic in July 2010. The plans for a large new museum building were approved by the local council so that construction could begin in 2011.

A railroad line is planned to be built along the boundary of the MRT and Apedale Heritage Center property, with a branch to Adit No 7, a rebuilt mine shaft that the Aurora Mining Company operated until 1996.

overview

From 1998 to 2007, the Trust's collection was mothballed in a warehouse after the Trust had to leave the Cheadle near Manchester site , where it operated the 610mm Moseley Tramway with its narrow-gauge locomotives. In 2007 the collection was expanded with the acquisition of several vehicles from the former Cadeby Rectory Railway , which were brought to Apedale.

In addition to the museum, the construction of a route for freight traffic is planned in order to be able to put the numerous collection items into operation.

Locomotives

Joffre steam locomotive of the Moseley Railway Trust on the Apedale Valley Light Railway

The Trust owns the following steam engines:

  • Kerr Stuart Tattoo , 0-4-2ST Stanhope (serial number: 2395; year of manufacture: 1917) for passenger transport
  • Kerr Stuart Joffre , 0-6-0T (serial number: 3014; year of manufacture: 1916) from the trenches of the First World War in France
  • Hudswell Clarke , 0-6-0WT (serial number: 1238; year of manufacture: 1916) re-imported from the Ashanti Goldfields in Ghana in 2008
  • Hunslet War Office , 4-6-0T (serial number: 1215; year of manufacture: 1916), from World War I, re-imported from Australia

The Apedale Valley Light Railway is also home to the Trust's collection of approximately 60 gasoline and diesel narrow-gauge locomotives. There are also four internal combustion engine locomotives at the Apedale Heritage Center.

  • Simplex locomotive from the War Office and from Z & W Wade in Whaley Bridge

  • Motor Rail MR2197, formerly on the Cadeby Light Railway went

  • Hudswell Clarke No. 1238 from 1916 from Ghana

  • Engine shed with Clayton engine

  • Armored locomotive at the Armley Mills Industrial Museum, Leeds

Web links

Commons : Moseley Railway Trust  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Apedale Light Railway  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 1 '58.9 "  N , 2 ° 15' 57.1"  W.