Good evening, It wont be a big surprise to regular readers that my latest post is about a Merchant Navy class locomotive but unlike most of them this isn’t about 35005 Canadian Pacific but rather her younger sister 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co. The project team were pleased to announce that on Wednesday 11th March, P&O passed…
Good evening, I came across this story that appeared in the Mid Sussex Times and its truly heart-rending. A ten-year-old boy with a terminal illness has been granted his wish of a life time – to become a train driver for the day. When he was born Daniel Bainbridge from Abingdon, was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis,…
Good evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Mid Hants Railways Spring Steam Gala this year with fellow LocoYard writers Dave and Alex and it has to be said that the Watercress Line held another fantastic steam gala. With us attending the gala being on Valentines Day we weren’t sure what to expect,…
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I have always been intrigued by murder mystery’s – I had heard about them being really good and fun and the food also being delicious, so when i came across a steam train murder mystery, where you travel on a steam train whilst dining and solving a murder mystery –…
Good evening, Over the last couple of weeks JS Rail on YouTube has been posting a fantastic series of videos called Engines at Work which showcases some of the finest locomotives in Preservation, both on the Mainline and Preserved Network. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oCur-MkwUY The first video focuses on Merchant Navy No. 35028 ‘Clan Line’ – the pride…
Good evening, Whoever said working with steam locomotives was a glamorous job needs to have a work with me after our teams efforts over the last couple of weeks. Since my last post in November I have working on Canadian Pacific several times but with the main tasks focused around scrapping the dirt off the…
Good evening, Clan Line steaming towards Ropley As many people know the legendary Clan Line is coming to the end of her ticket and is due to undergo its 10 yearly overhaul. This leaves the question of who will take her place hauling the VSOE trips around the Surrey Hills. Last week MNLPS announced to its…
Good evening, As reported last year, almost exactly to the day, www.railwaytouring.net announced that 5972 Olton Hall was to run a special in June before being “taken to the Warner Bros Museum for the rest of its days”. The tour sold out so quickly that they ran a second tour in July. Today it was announced…
Good evening, Regular readers might remember that in May 2014, Dave visited the Watercress Line where Britannia had just had her forward driving wheels removed in the Ropley wheel drop. He jokingly called her the “BR Standard Atlantic” and that nickname has stuck. However after some hard work and elbow grease this week she is no…
Good evening, Today is part 3 of my mini series looking at the layouts that were on display at the South Hants Model Railway Club 2012 Exhibition. I uploaded the first 2 parts before Christmas and forgot about the third, so today I am catching up so up first we have: – Portskerra Up first…
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