A trip to the Watercress Line is always well worth it and this visit was no exception! The railway has a large fleet of locomotives that is regularly supplemented by visitors. What made this visit particularly special was of course the Heritage DMU Thumper Unit 1125 (click here for more) celebrating ten years since withdrawal…
Steam railways can be found in all shapes and sizes, but this one is unique in the UK, I believe. Brambridge Garden Centre, Hampshire is home to the UK’s only 8 1/4 inch miniature railway. Services are hauled by a delightful tank engine named Carolyn that was built in 1924.
As I passed by on the Watercress Line’s Heritage DMU Thumper Unit 1125 (click here for more), I spied a visitor sitting in Ropley loco yard sitting next to a class 08 diesel shunter (click here for more), as can be seen in the picture above. The visitor was BR Standard class 7MT 70000 Britannia,…
We are approaching the season where up and down the country heritage railways will be hosting Second World War themed galas. These events come complete with tanks, planes and reenactors but for me something is always missing. For me when I think of a World War and the railway I think of these. An 18-inch…
As many long term readers of this blog will know, Dave’s local heritage childhood railway was the Kent and East Sussex Railway and ever since it has been one of his favourites. I recently had a nice chat with one of the volunteers working in there Saturday Gang and thought I’d dedicate a post to…
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Those of you who follow this blog on Facebook may know that it was my birthday a few weeks ago. I was fortunate to have been gifted a new model by Mrs Locoyard, chosen because she knew how I love the Bluebell Railway – the heritage railway where the prototype of this locomotive runs. So…
Hello everyone, just a quickie to say that the GWSR’s gala on the 24th – 26th of May is fast approaching, and the timetable has now been released here, listing all the things to do, including tours of the C+W workshops. If you’re there, do stop by and take look around, I’ll be there for…
Seeing as the reason for the May bank holiday weekend trip to the Watercress Line was to see and ride on heritage DMU Thumper 1125 in action (click here to read more), it seemed fitting when at Ropley to look at another heritage diesel locomotive a little closer than usual! 08032 is one of a…
Mine has to be the Hornby Harry Potter set! Always wanted one as a child and managed to get one a few years ago was a happy big (but slightly old) kid
Loco Yard 