The Romance of Steam – Anniversary Special

60163 Tornado was a present bought by wife for Christmas and therefore it is appropriate that it hauls this year’s Wedding Anniversary special! Happy Anniversary Mrs Locoyard 😉

Locoyard Ice Cream

Although the weather isn’t fantastic in the UK at the moment, it is a little warmer on the whole. So an important delivery arrived today – the Ice Cream Wagon!

The Most Famous Steam Locomotive’s – final blog post

Place Locomotive Votes Percentage 1 4472 – Flying Scotsman 105 19% 2 3801 – NSWGR C 95 17% 3 60114 – WP Allen 82 15% 4 1 – Thomas the Tank Engine 77 14% 5 4468 – Mallard 71 13% 6 60163 – Tornado 38 7% 7 3717 – City of Truro 24 4% 8…

The Watercress Line Video

Following up from the blog post looking at 34051 Sir Winston Churchill in Ropley, today we take a slightly different perspective – a moving perspective on the Watercress Line!

34051 Sir Winston Churchill at Ropley loco yard

At the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Spectacular 2012; the National Railway Museum’s Battle of Britain class 34051 Sir Winston Churchill was put on display at Alresford (click here to read more). Last Sunday; 34051 could be found at the railway again, this time in Ropley loco yard, outside the main works.

BR (SR) Branchline Service

After the excitement of the holding the poll to find the most famous steam locomotive, today is time to play trains! I hope you enjoy these pictures of BR terrier 32670 with a high-window Maunsell carriage and luggage van.

RESULTS PUBLISHED! The View From Locoyard – UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 21

You will be very pleased to learn that the results from the biggest poll conducted by http://www.locoyard.com can be seen in UK Heritage Hub magazine “The View From Locoyard” is in it! Enjoy! Click here to download and find out more! Many thanks to UK Heritage Hub’s Rowan Jackson for supplying the above photograph, which…

Bachmann Ex-LMS Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 DCC Fitting Guide

Whilst searching to fill the missing BR standard 4MT gaps in the locoyard fleet, I stumbled upon an Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0. This is not a southern engine and in that respect quite out of place in the collection, but nevertheless it is an unusual addition to the fleet and a review of it will be…

Model of the Week – Ex-LSWR Drummond M7 Tank Engine 42

Today’s model of the week is a little earlier in the week in usual, in anticipation of the joint locoyard/UK Heritage Hub announcement of the most famous steam locomotive in issue 21 of UK Heritage Hub. Today we feature the second of three Southern liveried M7 tank engine’s to be found at Locoyard.

Voting is now Closed!

Tonight’s blog post is a just quick note to let you all know that the poll to find the most famous steam locomotive is now closed. Results will be announced on 10th May in issue 21 of UK Heritage Hub. If you join the UK Heritage Hub on Facebook (click here) or follow them on…