Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala 2013 – Visitors
The Watercress Line will be holding their Autumn Steam Gala from 25-27th October 2013 and it promises to be as good as any before! They have announced three large visitors to the event; A1 Class 60163 Tornado, BR Standard 7MT Class 70000 Britannia and rebuilt West Country Class 34046 Braunton. More details of these locomotives…
A Chinese Beast from Lancashire
The 140,000 people who visited the Great Gathering in York must have noticed a rather large 4-8-4 steam locomotive sitting next to the A4’s. The locomotive is KF7; donated to the National Railway Museum by the Chinese government and is one of two known survivors of the KF class (the other at Beijing Railway Museum).
Model of the Week – Ex-LSWR Drummond M7 Tank Engine 51
Today we feature one of three Southern liveried M7 tank engine’s to be found at Locoyard. So let’s look at this 0-4-4 Tank Engine!
92220 Evening Star
It’s funny how certain moments in your life stand out and become memorable. Over the years I’ve had the privilege of seeing many steam locomotives, but one in particular is seeing 92220 Evening Star in steam on the North York Moors Railway. At the time I was very young and Evening Star seemed to be…
150,000 views!
Just before the weekend, I’m very happy to report that http://www.locoyard.com broke the 150,000 views barrier. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all locoyard followers for tuning in so regularly and making blogging so worthwhile. To celebrate, here are some pictures taken around the layout. All of these are new images, with the…
Bulleid’s Q1 class C1 at the NRM
Few steam locomotives create as much debate amongst railway enthusiasts as does Bulleid’s Q1 class. The quirky looks are considered ugly by many, whilst others admire the type for daring to be different and see beauty in it’s outline and performance. Whatever your opinion of the most powerful 0-6-0 built in the UK, it is…
The View From Locoyard – UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 25
Our partners at UK Heritage Hub have just published the ever fantastic e-zine full of fantastic articles. As usual, check out “The View From Locoyard”! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!
Gladstone
One of the jewels in the crown of the magnificent National Collection is the only remaining LBSCR tender locomotive – 214 Gladstone.
Model of the Week – LSWR T9 class – 120
Our Model of the Week is the beautiful LSWR T9 class 120. Possibly one of the best looking models available in 00 scale, the locomotive also has an interesting history that we will look at today.
Loco Yard 