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…

Bigjigs Heritage Collection Tornado Review

Good evening, Following the popularity of my previous reviews of the BigJigs heritage range, they have kindly sent me another loco to review and this time I went for one of the more famous locomotives in the range – the A1 Steam Trust’s Tornado. Class: Peppercorn A1 Pacific Use: Express Passenger Region: London and North Eastern Railway Era: 1948-1966…

London Road

Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another one of my favourite layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November. The layout in question is a P4 layout called London Road owned by Jolyon Wilkinson. London Road was originally built in the 1980s as a four road suburban terminus, representing the LNWR…

Commander B

Good evening, Tonight we are looking at something rather special that is often overlooked and forgotten. Commander B is the oldest surviving Hawthorn Leslie locomotive in the world, built in Newcastle works in 1899! She was originally named Newcastle but when she arrived Hollycombe was renamed after the collection’s founder, Cdr. Baldock. The engine was purchased…

Worlds Most Famous Train

Good evening, Tonight we are looking at a rather interesting story that was in the newspapers recently about the worlds most famous train.The National Railway Museum asked people across four continents to name five trains or engines they had heard of and the Scotsman topped the poll. It came out just ahead of the Rajadhani…

Terriers

Originally posted on Locksands Life:
Today I am unashamedly showing some railway locos that will keep me happy. The small tank engines built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in the 1870s became my favourite type of loco in my train spotting days getting on for 90 years after they were built. A…

Westcliff

Good evening, Tonight we are looking at my favourite layout that I saw at the annual Portsmouth Model Railway Exhibition hosted by the South Hants Model Railway club last weekend. The layout in question is an EM gauge layout called Westcliff which is a “what might have been” based on the Dorset seaside town of…