Model of the Week – British Railways Standard Class 3MT – 82019

Our model of the week is BR standard 3MT class locomotive 82019. As usual, we shall be looking at the history of the prototype,

The Watercress Line’s Home Fleet in Action

The Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala

Model of the Week – British Railways Standard Class 5MT – 73082 Camelot

This is the first BR standard class locomotive to feature in the Model of the week series. Once again, we shall be looking at the history of the prototype, illustrated by pictures of Bachmann’s rendition of the model (click here for the model review).

Ex-LSWR T9 class – 30120

One of the biggest stars of the Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala

Model of the Week – BR Merchant Navy class – 35027 Port Line

Welcome to Locoyard’s Model of the Week Blog Post! This week we look at one of the largest and most powerful prototype’s in the collection – Merchant Navy class 35027 Port Line. So without further ado, let’s look at the history of the locomotive this model represents.

BR Standard 9F Class 92212 – Mid-Hants Spring Gala 2011

Following from the blog post on GWR 3717 City of Truro, we return to the Watercress Line’s Spring steam gala of 2011

Midland Power in a Southern Setting

Today we have a look at the Watercress Line’s resident ex-LMS “Black 5” 45379,

Portrait of a Resting Bulleid Pacific

Whilst waiting for passing trains at Ropley on the Watercress Line, I took some time to get a set of pictures of Bulleid unrebuilt West Country pacific 34007 Wadebridge. I hope you enjoy the results!

First visit to the Watercress Line 2013 part 2 – Ropley

Last Sunday, after exploring Alton (click here to read that article) I dropped into Ropley. As ever, there was much going on there;

First visit to the Watercress Line 2013 – Chasing a Schools Class and Exploring Alton

December 2012 was an excellent steam-filled month, with three visits to the Watercress Line, two mainline tours and a visit to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (see the Steam Diary to read more). With the exception of a visit to Eastleigh’s miniature railway (click here to read), January has been much quieter, but today’s…