The brand new UKHH E-zine (Issue 53) has been released today, 30th April, and is ready to download and read at your leisure. To find the magazine follow the link in the text or type it into your browser. Issue 53 – http://bit.ly/ukhhissue53 It works on smart phones and tablets too, so you’ll be able…
The 0415 Adams Radial Tank has been hitting the headlines in model railway circles rather a lot recently and with two 00 scale models on the horizon, it’s easy to see why. On locoyard we have looked at the type in quite some depth earlier in the year (click here to read) and also some…
Tonight we have a very special guest blog post from a fantastic artist, Stephen Bedser. Stephen has previously written for LocoYard and today we are at his final part of his mini series on how his does his paintings. To catch up on his previous posts you can new find it on his own dedicated page…
After a successful autumn gala, based on the Great Western Railway, the North Yorkshire Railway planned to turn to the Western Region for inspiration once again for their Spring Steam Gala, held between the 17th and 26th April. Unfortunately, with 4936 ‘Kintlet Hall’ deemed out of gauge on the Esk Valley line between Battersby and…
Tonight we have an update of a previous blog post, that reported on the announcement from Locomotion Models that a model of the GNR Single is to be produced. Many thanks to Simon Kohler for supplying images of the National Railway Museum’s locomotive with both tender variations. Please click here or on the picture above…
The Isle of Wight Steam Railways latest attraction is the newly built Train Story museum, the £1.2 million project which was funded by the Hertiage Lottery and opened to the public in April 2014. Train Story is a huge exhibition space, enabling the Railway’s truly impressive historic collection of locomotives, Victorian and Edwardian carriages and…
Tonight is just a small glimpse of what to expect on locoyard in the next week or so. After a few days away, I shall be reporting on at least 3 railways never before featured on locoyard. Details will follow in due course, but for now here’s a little teaser with a particularly attractive blue…
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, this time about ghosts on a locomotive.
The Bluebell Railway’s collection of stock contains many rare and (now) unique steam engines. Being the first standard gauge railway in the UK to be preserved, it had the opportunity to purchase steam engines that would otherwise have been lost forever. Interestingly, it has also become the home to the largest collection of British Railways…
The Bodmin and Wenford Railway will be holding their Steam Spring Gala over 2nd-4th May 2015. The line is one of the best heritage railways when it comes to running prototypically correct stock and the gala will be no exception with a locomotive line-up consisting of ex London and South Western and ex Great Western…
Loco Yard 