GWR 4953 Pitchford Hall and 4575 Prairie Tank 5542 at Loughborough 2011
Following yesterday’s review of Bachmann’s 00 scale model of the GWR Hall, today we look at a real Hall class
Bachmann GWR 49xx Hall Class Review
Class: GWR 49XX Hall Class Use: Mixed Traffic Region: Western Era: 1928-1965 Preserved examples: 4920 Dumbleton Hall – South Devon Railway 4930 Hagley Hall
Winter Scenes at a real Loco Yard
After several locomotives having returned from visits to other railways, Ropley loco yard is back to looking
Topiary and Other Charms at Ropley Station
Apart from being a village in Hampshire, Ropley has a station at the top of it’s hill that has become renown throughout the preservation movement as being a hub for steam; it being both a home to a large fleet of large steam engines but also a place where steam engines are re-born. These delights…
The Watercress Line’s Last Public Service Trains of the Season – Part 1
As with many other preserved line’s, last Sunday 4th November saw the last day of public service trains on the Watercress Line in 2012. The upcoming month of December will see steam return to
Happy Bonfire Night from Locoyard
Just a quick blog post this evening to wish all Locoyard followers a Happy Bonfire Night! I hope you all have or are enjoying this season’s fireworks 🙂
Thomas the Tank Engine takes part in Movember!
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BR Standard 4MT Class Tank 80151
F0llowing yesterdays review of the Bachmann BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4 Tank, today we have a look at
Bachmann BR Standard 4MT Class Tank Review
Class: BR Standard 4MT class 2-6-4 Tank Use: Mixed Traffic Region: All Era: 1951-1967 Preserved examples: 80002 – Keighley and Worth Valley Railway 80064 – Bluebell Railway 80072 – Llangollen
Bachmann 49xx Hall DCC Fitting Guide
As some of you guessed correctly, Locoyard’s ghost train in the Halloween blog post was indeed a Bachmann 00 scale GWR Hall class. 4936 Kinlet Hall is going to be put through it’s paces before long, but in the meantime we learn how to fit a DCC chip to
Loco Yard 