Locoyard Advent Calendar – 13th December
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There is no shortage of interesting articles in this month’s UK Heritage Hub. This is a free magazine created by numerous different authors from around the country. Don’t miss out and click here to download and read it! Please note that submissions for Issue 32 are open, the deadline for which is 22nd December. If…
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Last year, a buying guide was published for train sets and seeing as we are close to Christmas I thought it high time we update it with those in the 2013 ranges. The reviews are based on knowledge of the contents of the set’s and therefore we will not look at specific diesel or Thomas…
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Once again we briefly see LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 no’s 44871 and 45407 (The Lancashire Fusilier) with the Cathedral’s Express, this time on the afternoon of the 9th December. Also see this morning’s advent calendar blog post (click here) for a good view of these two beautiful machines. I was lucky enough to see this…
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One of two surviving 94xx class locomotive’s, 9400 was the first and one of the last steam locomotives to be built by the GWR. A member of the National Collection, it currently resides in STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway. Hawksworth’s 9400 class were the heaviest class of pannier tank to be built…
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This week’s model star is S&DJR 4F no 58, a regular runner in the Locoyard collection and recent stand-in for the broken-down Christmas Pannier tank engine. This model is an unusual member of a large class of locomotive’s, resplendent in Prussian blue. Let’s delve into the history of this prototype…