22nd December 2015 – Locoyard Advent Calendar

Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture (Copyright Brian L Dominic – The Mid-Derbyshire Light railway (www.mdlr.co.uk) –  It’s Christmas Eve, and the Over Haddon Christmas tree  glows brightly beside the church at the end of the village street. This is, of course, a garden railway…………)

My Isle of Wight.com Awards 2015

After a particularly pleasant trip to the Isle of Wight, I had a remarkable and very enjoyable trip on the island’s charismatic, friendly and atmospheric preserved railway.  The line is a remnant of a former extensive network of railways that amongst other things has an incredible collection of rolling stock.  During our visit, my wife, mother-in-law and…

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway 50th Anniversary Return to Steam Appeal

The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway are working hard to achieve the aim of returning Ivatt 2MT Tank 41241 back into running order in time for the preserved railway’s 50 Anniversary celebrations that will take place in June 2018.  41241 is the flagship locomotive of the KWVR.  The tank engine was made famous for piloting the railways first service train,…

How much of Flying Scotsman is original?

Good evening, Earlier in the year Dave wrote a very popular piece on authenticity within in the railway and wider heritage scene and this week Anthony Coulls did a very interesting piece on a similar theme with “How much of Flying Scotsman is original?” which we thought we’d look at tonight. Anthony Coulls is the…

18th December 2015 – Locoyard Advent Calendar

Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture (Copyright Brian L Dominic – taken on Flagg Fluorspar (www.mdlr.co.uk/ff.html) Towards the end of a running session on Flagg Fluorspar the battery electric locos are getting a little tired because their batteries are running down, and the operator is getting ready for a drink. The solution? The…