Our partners at UK Heritage Hub have just published the fantastic e-zine full of fantastic articles. As usual, check out “The View From Locoyard”! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!
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…
Last year, it was still in the early days of this blog when the Watercress Line’s Spring Gala was reported on in the post There was no smoke, but there was a fire… As comprehensive as this blog post was, it did not include many pictures, so at long last today we catch up!
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One of the more recent additions to the Locoyard fleet is S&DJR 3F Jinty number 23. It will be reviewed in due course, but for the time being here is the guide to fit a DCC decoder.
34007 Wadebridge is currently the Watercress Line’s only operational Bulleid Pacific. It is pictured at Ropley on Fathers Day in wet conditions.
This week’s model star is S&DJR 7F 88, a distinctive, big blue locomotive and a favourite in the Locoyard collection. It is a relatively elderly locomotive, with an interesting tale to tell…
Originally posted on Staffordshire Finescale:
You may have noticed that it’s been a bit quiet on here; however, since the blog still gets a steady stream of visitors (thanks for looking by the way), this post will act as signpost pointing to where you can find the group’s current internet postings: Foundry Lane and Wolverhampton…
Tonight we have the last back-dated blog post from the North York Moors Railway in 2011, featuring ex-LMS Black 5 class 45428 Eric Treacy at Grosmont.
75 years ago today, the eyes of the world were on the United Kingdom. LNER A4 4-6-2 4468 ‘Mallard’ broke the world speed record for a steam locomotive, and still holds it to this day. To celebrate the 75th Anniversary, the National Railway Museum brought together all 6 remaining A4 pacifics. Here we see the…
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