Here we have the BRAND NEW UKHH e-zine, released yesterday, 26th November, to download and read at your leisure; Issue 47 – http://bit.ly/ukhhissue-47 Our thanks to everyone, whom continues to contribute to this fast expanding enterprise. It is really gratifying to see new names being included with articles and images. You can visit our homepage…
The Christmas season is now upon us, with just one month to go until the big day. Santa Claus himself has already started spending his weekends at various heritage railways and at locoyard.com we are getting ready for our seasonal advent calendar. Each day at 6AM from the 1st to the 24th December we will…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have long had a soft spot for the humble Hunslet Austerity saddle tank. They are the most common class of standard gauge steam locomotive in the UK and it is probably for this reason that they are generally not well-regarded amongst many steam enthusiasts. I have…
Today was the first day of the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition (www.thewarleyshow.co.uk.) Alongside the exhibition, model railway manufacturers use this show as platform to announce their new products and this year was no different. Before we look at Warley announcements, we will start with slightly older news. Hattons have commissioned DJ Models to produce…
Just a quick blog post tonight in anticipation of arguably one of the most important model railway exhibitions in the UK. This weekend the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2014 will be in full swing at the NEC Birmingham. This event has become well known as the venue that many model railway manufacturers use to…
Today we finally wrap up the articles from the Watercress Line’s Autumn Spring Steam Gala with a gallery of pictures. By now, the locomotives featured here (850 Lord Nelson, 925 Cheltenham, 9F 92212 and Black 5 45379) have featured so many times that there seems little reason to look at them again in depth. I…
Those who love teddy bears of the fluffy variety need not worry; none were harmed in the making of this blog post! Today we are looking at a teddy bear of the railway variety, specifically the class 14 diesel-hydraulic locomotive. 14901 is pictured on Peak Rail (click here for more,) running as tail-end charlie…
This locomotive and coach combination is one of the most iconic in the history of western region steam. The autotrain is the last of the visitors to be covered here, of the Watercress Line’s Autumn Spring Steam Gala. Although the last it wasn’t the least for me, although the little tank engine was certainly the…
Tonight is Children In Need appeal night. This is just a friendly note to support this important cause!
Originally posted on NVR Wagon Group:
It’s been quite some time but an opportunity has finally arisen to start posting some of the backlog of updates that have accumulated over the last few months. A lot of progress has been made since the last update, with completion now firmly in sight – below is a…
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