2013 Site Statistics

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 190,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 8 days for that many people to see…

Happy 2014!

As the newest edition to the locoyard fleet hauls the last train of 2013, I would just like to wish everyone a very happy 2014.  I wish you all the very best and look forward to sharing 2014 with you all!  

2013 in Review – UK Heritage Hub Contributions!

The volume and breadth of articles published here and significantly in UK Heritage Hub’s ezine has been remarkable.  Today we summarise the past year’s UKHH blog posts and what a selection they are too……. Locoyard has become the blog of choice from UK Heritage Hub.  In the coming year you can expect this partnership to…

Merry Christmas Everyone!

As promised yesterday evening, here are some more pictures taken on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, showing a decorated terrier tank engine.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the readers and contributors of this blog during the past year and wish you all a very merry Christmas.

A Santa Special and a North Pole Shuttle…

The season of Santa Special’s is always special on heritage railways.  As a result of lots of hard work by volunteers, the Christmas spirit is fantastic, with Santa, presents, mince pies, Christmas music and decorations aplenty!  This is as true on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway as it is on any other, as can…