Waterways of Stoke-on-Trent - Newcastle Branch Canal

     



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Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal
Newcastle-under-Lyme


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Within the park is the Apedale Heritage Centre & adjoining it the Moseley Railway Trust have constructed the first phase of a narrow gauge railway extending further into the parkland.

The Moseley Railway Trust is a major British collection of industrial narrow gauge locomotives and other equipment. It originally had its base in south Manchester.

Moseley Apedale Station construction - March 2007
Moseley Apedale Station construction - March 2007

Construction of the first phase of the Trust's major museum & railway project at the Apedale Country Park adjacent to the existing Apedale Heritage Centre has now begun. It is planned to construct a museum and a railway to display its collection of industrial narrow gauge equipment that has been gathered from various industries around the UK over the last 30 years.


Ex-Cadeby Light Railway MotorRail MR2197 at it's new home; Moseley Railway Trust, Apedale
Ex-Cadeby Light Railway MotorRail MR2197 at it's new home;
Moseley Railway Trust, Apedale

 



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