La’al Ratty in olde Cumbrian dialect means Little Railway and is an affectionate name of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. It might be a little railway, but it has a very big heart and was the biggest revelation for me on my recent trip to the Lake District. This 15in gauge railway deserves a lot…
Continuing with the reports from my trip to north west England, today we reveal the mystery blue tank engine! Painted in a colour scheme not too dissimilar to Thomas the tank engine is the rather chunky looking Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T 1245; a member of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway’s fleet. We will look at it in more…
Last Friday I published a little teaser that we would be featuring a few lines not covered before on LocoYard. As mentioned in the latest UK Heritage Hub ezine, this was due to a holiday in the north west of England. My wife and I were blessed by fantastic weather on our trip and the…
The brand new UKHH E-zine (Issue 53) has been released today, 30th April, and is ready to download and read at your leisure. To find the magazine follow the link in the text or type it into your browser. Issue 53 – http://bit.ly/ukhhissue53 It works on smart phones and tablets too, so you’ll be able…
The 0415 Adams Radial Tank has been hitting the headlines in model railway circles rather a lot recently and with two 00 scale models on the horizon, it’s easy to see why. On locoyard we have looked at the type in quite some depth earlier in the year (click here to read) and also some…
After a successful autumn gala, based on the Great Western Railway, the North Yorkshire Railway planned to turn to the Western Region for inspiration once again for their Spring Steam Gala, held between the 17th and 26th April. Unfortunately, with 4936 ‘Kintlet Hall’ deemed out of gauge on the Esk Valley line between Battersby and…
Tonight we have an update of a previous blog post, that reported on the announcement from Locomotion Models that a model of the GNR Single is to be produced. Many thanks to Simon Kohler for supplying images of the National Railway Museum’s locomotive with both tender variations. Please click here or on the picture above…
Tonight is just a small glimpse of what to expect on locoyard in the next week or so. After a few days away, I shall be reporting on at least 3 railways never before featured on locoyard. Details will follow in due course, but for now here’s a little teaser with a particularly attractive blue…
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, this time about ghosts on a locomotive.
The Bluebell Railway’s collection of stock contains many rare and (now) unique steam engines. Being the first standard gauge railway in the UK to be preserved, it had the opportunity to purchase steam engines that would otherwise have been lost forever. Interestingly, it has also become the home to the largest collection of British Railways…
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