Following from part 1 (click here to read); part 2 (click here to read) and part 3 (click here to read) we look at three more layout’s that were to be found at Southampton Model Railway Exhibition 2013. New Hey – 4mm scale, EM gauge – Andy Cooper, Lancashire New Hey is based on a…
Following from part 1 (click here to read) and part 2 (click here to read) today we look at three more layout’s that were to be found at Southampton Model Railway Exhibition 2013. Orestone Quay – 4mm finescale, 00 gauge – Burgess Hill Model Railway club, West Sussex This layout
Last Sunday, after exploring Alton (click here to read that article) I dropped into Ropley. As ever, there was much going on there;
Following from part 1 (click here to read); today we look at three more layout’s that were to be found at Southampton Model Railway Exhibition 2013. Patterdale North – 4mm scale, 00 gauge – Anthony Buffin, Southampton This 00 gauge layout is loosely based on the west coast between
December 2012 was an excellent steam-filled month, with three visits to the Watercress Line, two mainline tours and a visit to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (see the Steam Diary to read more). With the exception of a visit to Eastleigh’s miniature railway (click here to read), January has been much quieter, but today’s…
I am sure many of you have read or heard through the heritage railway press that the future of Mainline Steam is currently resting on whether the Office of Rail Regulation pass legislation to remove a cap on fines for late running services caused by charter trains. Currently, the cap stands at £5,000, but…
One of the first blog posts published on Locoyard.com was a round-up of Southampton Model Railway Exhibition 2012 (click here to read). One year on, the 2013 exhibition is in full swing and a visit to it can be thoroughly recommended! This year I had the pleasure of visiting the exhibition with Simon of Brookes…
Today we start a new weekly series of blog posts, that look at the model’s in the Locoyard collection, to link to a new web page. These are not model reviews, but a reflection on the prototype’s that are represented, to link the models with the real thing. We start the series with what is…
UK Heritage Hub have just published their sixteenth newsletter and it is a cracker! Locoyard.com warmly recommends the UK Heritage Hub’s free e-magazine magazine to all its followers. Click here to view it. Unfortunately due to a lack of recent material, locoyard were unable to supply any content this time, but hope to for next…
The standard 0-6-0 chassis with type 7 motor has for some time been used in a lot of Hornby model locomotives! The list of models below may not be 100% complete, but covers some of the major types where it is used. Hornby models using the Type 7 0-6-0 chassis:
Loco Yard 