Bachmann BR Standard 4MT Class Tank Review
Class: BR Standard 4MT class 2-6-4 Tank Use: Mixed Traffic Region: All Era: 1951-1967 Preserved examples: 80002 – Keighley and Worth Valley Railway 80064 – Bluebell Railway 80072 – Llangollen
Bachmann BR Standard 9F Class Review
Today is round 2 of the Bachmann versus Hornby 9F battle! Click here for the Hornby Review. Class: BR Standard 9F class Use: Heavy Goods Region: All Era: 1954-1968 Preserved examples: 92134 – Crewe (only single chimney type preserved) 92203 – Black Prince
Hornby Railroad BR Standard 9F Class Review
Given that the version of 92220 Evening Star reviewed here has undergone a rather comprehensive make-over, it was never an intention to review it properly. However after acquiring a Bachmann 9F (click here for its review) , I thought it too good an opportunity to compare one of the best budget models with one of…
British Railways Standard 9F Class
Regarded by many as the ultimate and best British Railway Standard class, the 9F is also generally considered the finest
Ex-LMS Black 5 45379
Despite being a regular performer on the Watercress Line and my fairly regular visits to the railway, this locomotive has had relatively little coverage here on Locoyard and it is time for that to change! Ex-LMS Black 5 45379 re-entered for the first time in forty five years in 2010 and has since become highly
Rebuilt Battle of Britain Class 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
Last week saw the last of a series posts charting my steam adventures of my youth which are charted in the About page. So that there is some continuity and to pick up the Steam Diary where the About page finishes comes a few posts from a visit to the Bluebell Railway in 2009. We…
Hornby Rebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain class review
One of the last gap’s in Locoyard’s reviews of Southern models is the unrebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain pacific. So hopefully this review will wrap things up nicely! Class: Rebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain class Use: Express Passenger and
The Dorset Coast Express (2011)
This is the first of a couple of steam glimpses, the second will be published tomorrow. This picture was taken on 23rd August 2011 and is of unrebuilt Battle of Britain class pacific 34067 Tangmere approaching Southampton Central in appalling weather conditions! You’ll be pleased to learn that tomorrow’s glimpse of steam is brighter (and…
Autumn 2011 Watercress Services
The Steam Diary on this blog has had several back-dated posts with the long term ambition of it being complete record from where the entries in my journey in becoming a steam enthusiast end on the About page. Despite the increasing number
Battle of Britain class 34067 Tangmere
A brief blog post tonight with a picture from 15th October 2011 of Battle of Britain class 34067 Tangmere on the return leg of a mainline excursion (The Swanage
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