After a washout on the Sunday, I postponed my visit to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway until Monday, and I am glad I did, the weather was much warmer, and a good thing too with the open carriages that were on offer. The railway was originally built in 1875 for transport of iron ore from…
I should first explain my absence from the Loco Yard. The past few months have been very busy. In May and the beginning of June, I had University exams, which have all been passed for next year. I then went to Florida for a few weeks, including a visit to the Wizarding World of Harry…
The North Norfolk Railways’ stalwart, the J15 has returned to the railway in its new (or should that be old guise of a Y14). The restoration, which commenced in July 2013 has finally been completed, with one of the most thorough overhauls the loco has ever had.Teases had been seen on the M&GN’s Facebook page…
The North Norfolk Railway’s annual steam gala was held on the weekend of the 6th to the 8th March, and what a spectacular weekend it was. The visitors were LNER Class D49 Morayshire, which was visiting from Scotland, a 4-4-0 locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley, courtesy of the National Museum of Scotland and the Scottish Railway…
The final railroad I visited was the Durango & Silverton Railroad, probably the most famous one in the USA, and it is certainly a fantastic line. Once again, this was completely different to the previous railroad, but this time, for all of the right reasons. The train leaves the main depot and travels through the…
The third railroad I visited while I was in the United States of America was the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad. After the fantastic trip on the day before, this was quite a different story. My family were visiting Alamosa to visit the wonderful Cumbres and Toltec Railroad, so we decided to visit this railroad as…
The second Railroad I visited was the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad, which runs from Antonito, Colorado, to Chama, New Mexico. This is one of the most spectacular railroads that I have ever travelled on, not only in the scenery, but also with how the day was organised by the railroad, and then the staff were…
It has been a long time coming, but my videos for my American Adventure that I last wrote about way back in September have finally been edited and uploaded to my YouTube account. I apologise for the long delay, but here is my first railway that I visited, the Georgetown Loop, in Colorado. The Georgetown…
As I stated when I first wrote for this blog, I have a model railway, which I have been working on since I was very young. It has had many iterations, but this one, the third incarnation is the longest that I have had the model railway. As you can see in the images below,…
Last Saturday, on the 14th February, I visited the North Norfolk Railway, for the Wissington & Irene Special. Both the locomotive (Wissington) and the carriage (Irene) have a varied history, and both of them, in the past five years, have been returned to service. Wissington worked at the Wissington Sugar Factory before being bought for…
Loco Yard 