With the creation of the new Model Railway’s Exhibition page I thought it would be a great time to upload some photos from exhibitions I attended before I started writing for LocoYard.com. So today we are looking at the Victory Model Railway Clubs 2013 Exhibition. So up first we have: – St Vincent Road –…
Good evening, The last few days I have been searching through the LocoYard archives to find all the posts about the various Model Railway Exhibitions we have been to and create a new page specially for them. Its located unsurprisingly on the Model Railways tab, for each show we have created a slideshow of the…
Good evening Today I am doing a quick post on one of my favorite websites for old footage of railway locomotives when doing research. British Pathé was a pioneering company when it came to recording history on newsreels. The newsreels were shown in the cinema and were silent until 1928. At first they ran for about four…
Good evening, today I am writing about something rather different. Instead of focusing on a steam locomotive I will be looking at a tender, in particular tender 3116. Tender 3116 Tender 3116 was one of the first series of 5,000 gallon Bulleid tenders built at Ashford works. It entered service in December 1942 behind 21C6,…
2014 has been an incredible year for the steam preservation movement in the UK, with some spectacular performances, unusual railtours and wonderful weather for some incredible photographs and videos. In this video, UK Heritage Hub presents some of the finest videos and performances from a wide variety of locomotives throughout 2014, from right around…
Good evening, With the beginning of a new year people tend to reflect on the past and their aims for the future. So with that in mind I thought I’d look at my first ever visit to the Mid Hants Railway in October 2011. Having the family in tow I didn’t get chance to take…
Good evening, This is just a quick post advertising a great little competition I recommend you check out. Simon Martin of the British Railway Stories is giving away a copy of his great book Tale of the Unnamed Engine. I reviewed the book for World Book Day which can you find here. All you have…
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I have recently been on somewhat of a ‘modern image’ binge. As well as the Class 67 previously reviewed I’ve added to my collection by having a go at recreating the Virgin Charter Relief ‘Pretendolino’ (R2955) formation. This was quite a well anticipated model and pack when it was originally released so…
Good evening, Yesterday was one of the few times a year that a steam special passes close to my house so I planned to make the most of it. Tangmere is always a locomotive I liked seeing, the weather was cold but sunny which is great for photography as the smoke and steam effect is…
Good evening, Todays post will be continuing my look at the South Hants Model Railway Club’s 2014 exhibition so without further ado we begin with: Orestone Quay The layout was built by the late John Lewis, who was at one time a prominent member of the Burgess Hill MRC. After his death, in memory of…
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