Some of you may have noticed that during the past few week’s; blog posts have been published that have looked at each of the nominated steam locomotives that were in the poll to find the most famous steam locomotive.  Today we bring all these blog posts together in the Locoyard Hall of Fame…

Stephenson’s Rocket’s history was explored in a model of the week article (click here to read it).

Thomas the Tank Engine featured in a model of the week article (click here to read it).

3440/3717 City of Truro’s claim to be the first steam locomotive to go 100mph was examined (click here to read more).

Australia’s Most Famous Loco – NSWGR C 3801 was looked at in a Guest Blog Post by Thomas Barnes (click here to read more).

World Steam Speed Record holder 4468 Mallard history was explored in a model of the week article (click here to read it).

4472 Flying Scotsman’s incredible history was explored in a model of the week article (click here to read it).

In a blog post for Harry Potter fans, the magical Hogwarts Express was looked at (click here to read it).

The History of 6000 King George V was looked at in a blog post illustrated by Nick Littlewood (click here to read more).

60114 W.P. Allen was the star of a special guest blog post by “Allen” himself!  Click here to read more!

60163 Tornado featured in a special blog post.  Click here to read more.

70013 Oliver Cromwell’s history was looked at in a blog post illustrated by Rowan Jackson and Christopher Sutcliffe.  Click here to read more.

The history of 92220 Evening Star was explored in a model of the week article (click here to read it).

This poll is now closed.

Throughout March 2013, we were accepting nominations for a shortlist of the “most famous steam locomotives” to put together a poll to find the winner.  Today after 118 different nominations; the shortlist can be revealed and the poll go live for voting!  Special thanks for pictures from Rowan Jackson (70013 Oliver Cromwell) and Christopher Sutcliffe (4468 Mallard and 92220 Evening Star) of UK Heritage Hub (Click here to download and read it) plus Thomas Barnes (3801), Nick Littlewood (6000 King George V) and Simon Martin of the British Railway stories (60114 WP Allen).