The Gwili Railway is getting ready for its much-anticipated ‘Anything Goes’ Gala on Sunday 29 September. The gala will provide an opportunity for visitors young and old to enjoy an intensive and varied service between Bronwydd Arms and Llwyfan Cerrig stations, and is set to be the last major enthusiast event to take place before…
Officially designated class V; this class soon became known as the schools class as each locomotive were named after famous private schools. The first members of the class were built in 1930 and named after schools in the Southern region, however by the time 925 was completed in 1934 they had run out of names…
News from the Bulleid Society reveals that scenes such as those posted here have taken a step closer to being repeated. The boiler is to be removed from it’s frames and sent to Crewe for overhaul.
It has been quite some time since I got stuck into any “serious” modelling and as the to-do list has been growing, I thought I’d complete one project by recreating BR Standard 9F class 92212. This locomotive is normally based at the Watercress Line but has been some time out on the Bluebell Railway on…
Tonight’s blog post is both a reminder to download and checkout UK Heritage Hub’s latest ezine – 52 pages full of articles and photographs from many contributors (click here to download and read it). Also a note that submissions for Issue 28 are open – the deadline for which is 30th September. If there is…
The first in a series of locomotive profiles, looking at the wide variety of locomotives that still exist in the modern day. This video is focusing on SR Merchant Navy (rebuilt) pacific 35028 Clan Line, based at Stewarts Lane in London. If you would like to learn more, a “Model of the Week” feature was…
60163 was built in 2008 and was the first mainline steam locomotive built in the UK since 92220 Evening star. Tornado’s story is a very interesting one. Rather than repeat it here, I urge you to check out the A1 Steam Trusts web site (click here) to find out more.
Today we look at one of two 56xx/66xx class models to be found Locoyard fleet. The model is of Mainline origin but has been improved to look a little better and represent 6619. As with all previous model of the week blog posts, we will look at the history of the prototype.
Once again, regular UK Heritage Hub contributor James Corben has very kindly allowed us to share an excellent video of his. The video shows the historical moment three days ago when the first steam hauled rail tour ran over the Bluebell Railway’s tracks since the opening of the East Grinstead extension earlier this year; hauled…
Further to our blog post announcing the Gwili Railway’s much anticipated “Anything Goes” gala, to be held on 29th September, a few weeks back, we are now in a position to advertise the loco allocations for the event. See the original blog post here; https://locoyard.com/2013/08/13/anything-goes-at-the-gwili-in-september/ The diagrams, loco allocation and timetable have all seen the UKHH…
Loco Yard 