StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Apedale Valley Railway

ape - winder make

ape - winder make

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24 Jul 2015 442
Colliery Winder - made by John Tinsley ltd of Darlington in nnnn
ape - winder

ape - winder

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24 Jul 2015 2 462
Colliery Winder - made by John Tinsley ltd of Darlington in nnnn for the Hem Heath Mine.
ape - trench mine

ape - trench mine

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24 Jul 2015 1 379
One of the tactics in WW1 was to tunnel under the trenches of opposing forces, pack in a large amount of explosives and detonate them. Both sides did this numerous times, the holes left can be quite large.
ape - tracks to the trenches

ape - tracks to the trenches

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24 Jul 2015 320
Track runs from behind the trench warfare display along to the tented encampment.
ape - tinturtle

ape - tinturtle

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24 Jul 2015 366
"Protected" Simplex 3090 at Apedale, just coming off shed - once the passenger service has gone past will be heading out to the "Tracks to the Trenches" area.
ape - sidewinder

ape - sidewinder

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24 Jul 2015 1 354
another view of the Hem Heath winder.
ape - on the move

ape - on the move

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24 Jul 2015 3 477
Steam hauled passenger service passing a couple of simplex locos outside their shed. (Part of the Moseley Railway Trust's sizeable simplex collection)
ape - no.9

ape - no.9

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24 Jul 2015 4 1 543
Hudswell-Clarke No.1238 of 1916. Built to War Department G class specification. Exported to Ghana, spent 40 years upside down in a river after killing the driver, Repatriated in 2008 and restoration finished in 2014.
ape - mini group

ape - mini group

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24 Jul 2015 3 393
A couple of miniatures were visiting the Apedale Gala. (May 2015)
ape - mine exit

ape - mine exit

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24 Jul 2015 685
Apedale Coal Mine. This is a "footrail" or adit with a sloped rather than a vertical shaft. The last coal drawn from Staffordshire came out of here, the "Aurora" Drift / Mine in 19nn
ape - miners memorial

ape - miners memorial

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24 Jul 2015 2 548
In memory of the 30 miners killed in the Holditch Colliery Explosion, 2nd July 1937. The ages range from 22 to 57 years. Re-sited at Apedale Heritage Centre.
ape - motorbike and sidecar

ape - motorbike and sidecar

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24 Jul 2015 2 424
This outfit (BSA and double adult chair) was visiing Apedale with a number of others. RegNo XEH 207
ape - maud

ape - maud

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24 Jul 2015 2 397
"Maud" was visiting the Apedale Railway Gala "Locos from Leeds" - as a miniature McLaren that's OK - they were built in Leeds.
ape - kitchen view

ape - kitchen view

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24 Jul 2015 332
Looking past the field kitchen to the narrow gauge railway transporting supplies.
ape - jcb

ape - jcb

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24 Jul 2015 276
Tucked away in the back of the area was this jcb
ape - field kitchen

ape - field kitchen

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24 Jul 2015 1 371
Typical lay-out and equipment of the WW1-era field kitchen, such an extensive set-up as this would be most common in the rest areas just behind the front lines. The skilled operators can use these boilers to make a cracking stew / soup ...
ape - duty calls

ape - duty calls

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24 Jul 2015 1 420
The "Birmingham Pals" travelling by narrow gauge railway between the trenches and their camp.
ape - camp-site

ape - camp-site

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24 Jul 2015 1 431
Bell tents and displays from re-enactment group as part of the "Tracks to the Trenches" at the Apedale Valley Railway.
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