Dorothy Mather, a tribute to Tornado’s figurehead

This evening the A1 steam trust released the sad news of the passing of Dorothy Mather, she was the president of the A1 Steam Trust and Arthur Peppercorns widow (designer of the Peppercorn A1s and A2s). From everyone at LocoYard our deepest thoughts and condolences go out to her family and to the A1 Trust…

The Sherwood Forester

The “Icons of Steam” collection has been supplemented by the addition of Ex-LMS Black 5 45231 The Sherwood Forester. This locomotive will become the second Midland representative in the collection alongside the recently returned to steam 46100 Royal Scot. After teasing their Facebook followers, icons of steam made the announcement on the 6th November. To read…

Woolmer

As today is Remembrance Sunday, a day when we remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom, it is rather fitting that we look at a locomotive that served on Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) from the date it was construction (1910) until 1953.  The LMR was built by the…

Shizuoka: Oigawa Railway Steam Train 

Originally posted on liemzie:
In October we enjoyed a lovely day trip on a steam train on the Oigawa railway in Shizuoka. We didn’t know about the railway before arriving in Shizuoka city, and when we checked their website it said reservations had to be made more than 24 hours in advance. That meant we…

Gala Pics

Here are the last few of my pictures from the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Gala 2015. These were captured in the morning of the final day of the event, when I came in early to take advantages of the clocks going back an hour. Enjoy!