Good evening, Thursday will see Flying Scotsman make her inaugural run between London Kings Cross and York and to celebrate this run BigJigs have kindly sent there model of her to review. So without further adieu. Class: Gresley A1/3 Pacfic Use: Express Passenger Region: London and North Eastern Railway Era: 1922 (A3: 1928) – 1966 Preserved example: 4472 (60103) Flying Scotsman…
Good evening, Following the popularity of my previous reviews of the BigJigs heritage range, they have kindly sent me another loco to review and this time I went for one of the more famous locomotives in the range – the A1 Steam Trust’s Tornado. Class: Peppercorn A1 Pacific Use: Express Passenger Region: London and North Eastern Railway Era: 1948-1966…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another locomotive in the Bigjigs Heritage Collection in the form of pannier tank 1638, based on the sole survivor of the class to be found on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Class: 1600 class Use: Shunting, Light Passenger/Goods Region:Western Era: 1949-1965 Preserved examples: 1638 – Under overhaul – Kent and…
Good evening, When I was on my family holiday to my hometown in Yorkshire I made an effort to visit the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. After taking a trip behind S160 5280 (that can be found here) I visited the railway store at Haworth station and this is where I first came across the…
Good evening, Following the popularity of my first review looking at the Black 5, Bigjigs have kindly sent me another loco to review and its no great surprise that I went for the ranges only Bulleid locomotive – the Bluebell Railway’s 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair. Class: Rebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain class Use: Express Passenger and…
Tonight we are looking at something rather different and another first for LocoYard in the form of a wooden train review and not just any wooden train; the Mid-Hants own Black 5 45379.Class: Stanier Black 5 (5MT) Use: Mixed Traffic Region: Midland/Scotland Era: 1934-1968 Preserved examples: 4767 (BR 44767) George Stephenson – North Yorkshire Moors Railway 4806…
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