This weekend I was able to visit (abeit briefly) the South Hants Model Railway’s club 2014 show. It was so late in the day that they ran out of show guides which does make writing blog posts about the layouts a bit trickier! But up first we have my favourite layout from the show: Brixcombe
Good evening, This coming Saturday (29th) is the Portsmouth Model Railway Exhibition hosted by the South Hants Model Railway Club, but before I can look at layouts from that exhibition I need to finish my look at the Fareham Railex show. The final last 2 layouts I really enjoyed watching and the job of taking…
Good evening, Todays post is rather special as it will be the first one I have done since I have completed my first year volunteering on the Mid Hants. My actual first year was completed at the end of September but with my wife giving birth to my second child in September, yesterday was the…
A truly brilliant achievement by the 125 group, I have been tracking the groups process for a while now and have been very impressed with there work 🙂
Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Steam Railways in Preservation in the 1980s-90s From May 14, 1993 Two Bulleid Pacifics, two from Festiniog, and 34046 Braunton 100 at Festiniog Gwyn Roberts Braunton in the rough! May 14 1993 ? BR(SR) Rebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific locomotive no 34046 Braunton is owned and operated…
Another interesting piece by one of the NRMs volunteers. Got to admit I have never cleaned a loco but plan to take a cleaners course at the MHR in a couple of years 🙂
Good evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Mid Hants Railways Autumn Steam Gala this year with Mr LocoYard himself and had to say that the Watercress Line held another fantastic steam gala. When 2 of the scheduled visiting locomotives dropped out I did start to worry about the gala, but the four Great…
Less than 10 years ago but its amazing how much things change in the railway world. Some great photos of the Taff Vale Railway No. 85 locomotive on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
The First World War officially ended on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918 – Armistice Day. The act of a Two Minute Silence began on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1919 by those who did not want to forget the millions killed, injured and affected. Now generally called…
Originally posted on Fifteen Flatout:
In a shed at the end of a siding lived the locomotive of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Society Limited which was a long name for a little engine so her friends called her Countess. Countess In The Loco Shed I was rostered as driver on Saturday 25th…
Loco Yard 