Good evening Today I am doing a quick post on one of my favorite websites for old footage of railway locomotives when doing research. British Pathé was a pioneering company when it came to recording history on newsreels. The newsreels were shown in the cinema and were silent until 1928. At first they ran for about four…
Good evening, today I am writing about something rather different. Instead of focusing on a steam locomotive I will be looking at a tender, in particular tender 3116. Tender 3116 Tender 3116 was one of the first series of 5,000 gallon Bulleid tenders built at Ashford works. It entered service in December 1942 behind 21C6,…
Good evening, With the beginning of a new year people tend to reflect on the past and their aims for the future. So with that in mind I thought I’d look at my first ever visit to the Mid Hants Railway in October 2011. Having the family in tow I didn’t get chance to take…
Good evening, This is just a quick post advertising a great little competition I recommend you check out. Simon Martin of the British Railway Stories is giving away a copy of his great book Tale of the Unnamed Engine. I reviewed the book for World Book Day which can you find here. All you have…
Good evening, Yesterday was one of the few times a year that a steam special passes close to my house so I planned to make the most of it. Tangmere is always a locomotive I liked seeing, the weather was cold but sunny which is great for photography as the smoke and steam effect is…
Good evening, Todays post will be continuing my look at the South Hants Model Railway Club’s 2014 exhibition so without further ado we begin with: Orestone Quay The layout was built by the late John Lewis, who was at one time a prominent member of the Burgess Hill MRC. After his death, in memory of…
This weekend I was able to visit (abeit briefly) the South Hants Model Railway’s club 2014 show. It was so late in the day that they ran out of show guides which does make writing blog posts about the layouts a bit trickier! But up first we have my favourite layout from the show: Brixcombe
Good evening, This coming Saturday (29th) is the Portsmouth Model Railway Exhibition hosted by the South Hants Model Railway Club, but before I can look at layouts from that exhibition I need to finish my look at the Fareham Railex show. The final last 2 layouts I really enjoyed watching and the job of taking…
Good evening, Todays post is rather special as it will be the first one I have done since I have completed my first year volunteering on the Mid Hants. My actual first year was completed at the end of September but with my wife giving birth to my second child in September, yesterday was the…
Good evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Mid Hants Railways Autumn Steam Gala this year with Mr LocoYard himself and had to say that the Watercress Line held another fantastic steam gala. When 2 of the scheduled visiting locomotives dropped out I did start to worry about the gala, but the four Great…
Loco Yard 