After a turbulent week for the Asperger’s Fundraiser, with the lack of funding and scaling down of their plans, it can now be revealed that The Asperger’s Flyer will be traveling on the world famous North Yorkshire Moors Railway! After leaving Pickering, they will travel through 24 miles of spectacular countryside all the way to…
It’s well worth checking out http://www.locoyard.com properly! There is so much here, including over 3600 images, 40 web pages and over 800 blog posts with a variety of topics on heritage and model railways. The blog started life as a model railway diary and to a small extent this remains the case, but it’s much more…
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A new, free edition of UK Heritage Hub’s fantastic e-zine is now ready to be downloaded! As usual it is full of brilliant articles from a wide variety of authors. I strongly advice those within an interest in heritage to check it out – click here to download and read it! Please note that submissions…
Last week, I posted the fantastic news about the Asperger’s Fundraiser (click here to read) and they had been regrouped as Charters 4 Change, there has been some slight bumps in the track. After lack of staff, and poor donations, they have had to scale back. The main Asperger’s Flyer is still going ahead, and the evening at the Talyllyn…
Whilst at the Watercress Lines Spring Steam Gala last year myself and Dave of LocoYard went on a tour of the Medstead wagon yard. During the tour we got talking to one of the Watercress Lines wagon gang (a brilliant set of guys but are all completely insane) and he told us about their new…
6 glorious A4s at the great goodbye. Well worth a look
The first Community UK Heritage Hub video is finally here — after weeks of problems, this video showcases some of the more memorable railway events from 2013. Featuring a wide range of locomotives, this offers something for everyone. This is the first time that we have compiled using footage from other photographers in the UKHH…
Hello Welcome to this mini series looking at Merchant Navy class locomotive Canadian Pacific. My recent blogs posting about her stripping down for costing and parts inspection has proved very popular and have taken the decision to write a mini series looking at her history. The first post will look at her life with spam…
After weeks of technical issues, the first of two “Best of” videos, edited by UK Heritage Hub’s roving reporter, James Corben, is finally here. Challenged with using just one shot per month to showcase the highlights of the year, we feature the most notable railtours of the year, as well as a few personal highlights…
Loco Yard 