Earlier this month, Hornby announced a number of new product lines to be released later this year across their brands. With the resurrection of their old Thomas the Tank engine range, Hornby is looking to cater for more than just the mainly adult dominated scale model market by producing a range of battery powered toy…
Simon mentioned on Twitter not so long ago that we’re yet to have a Bulleid themed blog post this year. So tonight we end this drought with a few pictures to enjoy!
Seeing as it is Saturday evening, it seemed the ideal timing to report on the Kent and East Sussex Railway’s Saturday Gang! They have started the year by publishing an update on the end of 2015. The gang work on maintaining and overhauling the railway’s fleet of locomotives. In the latest update, details of work on eight…
Stephen Bedser has long been a good friend and contributor of this website. Stephen is a talented artist who’s art has graced these online web pages and long may it continue to do so! Capturing the raw beauty of industrial heritage through water colours requires talent of which this author is deficient, but fortunately for…
Originally posted on Kindadukish's Blog – I am not a number, I am a free man (The Prisoner):
“A grand day out………………..” The regular steam train enters the station Although I am scheduled to go on an official visit to see the Flying Scotsman train next Friday, I decided at short notice to go…
Today we take a look back at blog posts from the Watercress Line in 2015. The Mid Hants Railway, or Watercress Line is the most heavily featured preserved railway on locoyard and as a result required this specific blog post to summarise all the entries! General articles Mid-Hants Railway and Modern Engineering looks at the work required to keep…
In the past day or two, the Flying Scotsman has made it to national and international news after making its first test run since completion of its overhaul on the East Lancashire Railway. In doing so, it has shown that there is plenty of substance behind its claim to being the world’s most famous steam locomotive. …
In the past we’ve been somewhat lax in our coverage of models of diesel locomotives here on locoyard. But after reading a post on Graham Muz’ blog today I thought it might be time to change! Graham reported today that Heljan have announced that they plan to produce a model of the class 07, a…
A rail link from Swanage to Wareham has been a dream for many for nearly 45 years. Project Wareham is a hugely ambitious plan to turn that dream into a reality by completing the Purbeck Line, extending from its current terminus of operations in Norden to Network Rail at Wareham – but not just as a heritage railway, but as…
With at least one blog post a day on average, we have accumulated plenty of pictures this year and so here we have a slideshow of selected images from Heritage Railways. Please note that this may only work when viewed from a computer. Also, these pictures are all copyrighted and must not be used elsewhere…
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