Appleby Frodingham Railway

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Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society (AFRPS)
1912 Peckett locomotive with a train at Frodingham platform
Locale	Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
Commercial operations
Name	British Steel Limited Scunthorpe
Original gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by	Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Peckett locomotive standing beside a cooling tower at Appleby loco shed

The Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society is based at Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. The society owns locomotives and rolling stock but not the railway it runs on. The name comes from the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, now known as British Steel Limited Scunthorpe after the companies buyout by Greybull Capital in 2016, and after going into compulsory liquidation in 2019, . The railway operates entirely within the Steelworks limits over tracks normally used for moving molten iron, steel and raw materials. Trains travel between 7 and 15 miles (11 and 24 km), all within the steelworks.

History[]

Occasional excursion trains were run around the Scunthorpe Steel Works site (such as in 1986) using the works' own locomotives. Then in 1990, steam-hauled passenger trains were run as part of a works anniversary celebration, using a locomotive borrowed from the Rutland Railway Museum. This was popular enough for further events to be planned using locomotive and carriages borrowed from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The society now owns (or is responsible for) several steam and diesel locomotives. On occasions the internal steelworks (radio controlled) locomotives have been used on passenger trains.

Locomotives[]

Rolling Stock[]

Special Events[]

Irregular special events are organised such as 'Diesel Days' where Corus and other visiting locomotives operated a series of trains through the day. For example, in 2003 one of each type of internal steelworks locomotive: a Yorkshire Engine Co 'Janus', a Hunslet 'Anchor' Locomotive and a '', together with an EWS Class 08 were used on the Gala trains, each making one round trip of around 6+3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) using the societies Brake Vans and Class 108 DMU Carriages.

It is not unusual for the passenger trains to be stopped to allow steelworks trains to pass. It is sometimes possible to see trains carrying molten iron from the "Queens" - Blast Furnaces.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Appleby Frodingham Railway.

• Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society website
• British Steel Limited's Website

Coordinates: 53°35′16″N 0°37′39″W / 53.58778°N 0.62750°W / 53.58778; -0.62750