The Midland Railway’s 4F 3835 class numbered 197 examples. The class were tough and reliable and construction of the class continued by the LMS, albeit with lower chimneys and dome plus switched from right to left hand drive by the LMS. Hornby produce a model of the LMS-built type, which is an old Airfix model…
Yesterday’s model of the week blog post on SDJR Jinty Tank number 23, looked at a locomotive that had changed identities to wear a livery it never did in service. It started me thinking about the Locoyard model collection and that a good number of them have “inauthentic” liveries. In most cases they are models…
This week’s model star is S&DJR 3F Jinty no 23, a new but regular runner in the Locoyard collection. This model is somewhat interesting as it is a model of a locomotive masquerading as a different machine! It is therefore a model of BR 47327 repainted as S&DJR number 23…
Issue 28 of UK Heritage Hub’s ezine has been published (click here to download and read it)! As ever it is packed full of a variety of articles from many different authors from around the UK. Please note that submissions for Issue 29 are now open. If there is a topic or article that you…
Built in 1889 at Horwich, the National Railway Museum’s “Lanky Tank” is the only survivor of Sir John Aspinall’s Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway class 5. These 2-4-2 radial tank engines were Aspinall’s first contribution to the railway and probably his best known, with 330 being built.
Seeing as October is now being called Stoptober as part of a campaign to encourage people to quit smoking, I felt it was very apt that we have a no smoking theme at locoyard, for the day at least. I have therefore put together a new photo gallery of all pictures of heritage diesels that…
Here is a short DVD Promo for the official UK Heritage Hub endorsed DVD featuring the best of the action from the resent Severn Valley Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala. The DVD will be 50 minutes in length and feature steam locomotives in action from all 3 days of the event. Locomotives featured include; Visiting locos;…
This model review has been promised for a little while now! The D11 class were very successful locomotives that performed well throughout their forty year career’s. Bachmann’s model is no less impressive and set’s a standard that will be hard to match!
How many of you live near to or regularly travel close to a famous attraction and yet have never been there? The sort of place that you would definitely visit if you were a tourist, but despite or maybe because it is just there on your doorstep you forget about it. The Spa Valley Railway…
62663 Prince Albert is a member of the Locoyard fleet that is quite different to the others in the collection, in that it is the only one with Great Central Railway origins. If it wasn’t for the unfortunate demise of Modelzone, where 62663 was sold for a good price in one store’s last hour of…
Loco Yard 