Nick Littlewood has sent some very topical scanned images that fit perfectly with the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of LNER A4 class 4468 Mallard breaking and setting the world speed record for steam. The images supplied here are scanned from an original copy of the 1937 LNER brochure for the Coronation Express, featuring 4489…
Following from the excellent 1937 Coronation brochure (click here for more), Nick Littlewood has sent some more contemporary scanned images to help us look a little deeper into the 75th Anniversary of LNER A4 class 4468 Mallard breaking and setting the world speed record for steam. This time we look at Railway Magazine’s August 1937…
With Gresley’s A4 Pacific’s hogging the limelight for the past few weeks, it seems only fair to look an example of their great competitor – Stanier’s LMS Princess Coronation class. As is the tradition of this series of blog posts, we look at the history of the prototype, illustrated with pictures of the Hornby model…
The creation of a Loco Model Reviews Page. has proven to be very popular and as a result, and so there will be two more reviews completed by the end of the week to bolster this page to make it a more comprehensive resource for locoyard followers. So without further ado, here we have part one of…
2013 has been a remarkable year for a steam and model railway enthusiast and it has been a pleasure to report on it here on http://www.locoyard.com. Today we reflect on the past year’s many blog posts that involved poll’s, competitions and guests…. Poll’s: The poll to find our favourite colour that 60163 Tornado has been…
Links to all guest blog posts can be found on this webpage If you would like to submit a blog post; click here to find out how. “The Unnamed Engine” speaks: a guest blog by W.P. Allen Australia’s Most Famous Loco – NSWGR C 3801 – Guest Blog Post from Thomas Barnes Inspiration…
Nick Littlewood has once again sent in a gem! This time it is an original advert for Hornby Dublo found in December 1938’s edition of LMS Magazine. In keeping Mallard 75 celebrations it featuring an A4 class model that Nick and I think is Sir Nigel Gresley. Do you agree? Feel free to comment!
On the eve of what is billed as one of the greatest railway events of the decade, it was decided we should republish our A4 locomotive profiles. Here are 3 of them, in build order; 60009, 4489 & 60008. The Concluding 3 will follow after the event. Tomorrow, a special blog post will be posted…
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