Locoyard’s latest edition to the fleet is Bachmann S&DJR 3F Jinty number 23 (catalogue number 32-233). Today we review the model, that is also produced by Hornby in their “Railroad” range (click here for the review).
Tonight is just a gentle reminder about the appeal for Sir Haydn. Please click on any of this text or the picture above to read more. Thank you 🙂
At 33 arches in length, Hockley Viaduct is a substantial feat of engineering. It is located a few miles south of Winchester, adjacent to the M3 and is the largest remaining, single piece of evidence that there once was a railway line that linked Southampton to Didcot. Although wound-down for passenger services prior to it,…
Following from the excellent 1937 Coronation brochure (click here for more), Nick Littlewood has sent some more contemporary scanned images to help us look a little deeper into the 75th Anniversary of LNER A4 class 4468 Mallard breaking and setting the world speed record for steam. This time we look at Railway Magazine’s August 1937…
Our model of the week is BR standard 4MT class locomotive 75069. As usual, we shall be looking at the history of the prototype, illustrated by pictures of Bachmann’s model (click here for the model review).
Our partners at UK Heritage Hub have just published the fantastic e-zine full of fantastic articles. As usual, check out “The View From Locoyard”! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!
Nick Littlewood has sent some very topical scanned images that fit perfectly with the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of LNER A4 class 4468 Mallard breaking and setting the world speed record for steam. The images supplied here are scanned from an original copy of the 1937 LNER brochure for the Coronation Express, featuring 4489…
Last year, it was still in the early days of this blog when the Watercress Line’s Spring Gala was reported on in the post There was no smoke, but there was a fire… As comprehensive as this blog post was, it did not include many pictures, so at long last today we catch up!
This model is surplus to requirements and is currently For Sale. For more details please click here.
One of the more recent additions to the Locoyard fleet is S&DJR 3F Jinty number 23. It will be reviewed in due course, but for the time being here is the guide to fit a DCC decoder.
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