After the visit to the NRM and with my modelling brain in gear, I had a think about Hornby and their limited production run of 500 pieces of each A4 class locomotive in 00 scale in “The Great Gathering” range. Bearing in mind how good the Hornby A4 model is (click here for the review)…
Anyone who uses google (so pretty much everyone with an internet connection) will know that today would have been Frank Hornby’s 150th Birthday.
Today we will briefly reflect on the results MREmag and RMweb annual wish list polls. This poll provides insight into what model rail enthusiasts would like to see produced in ready-to-run form.
Last Thursday, http://www.locoyard.com hit and passed a 100,000 views milestone! Thank you to all followers and contributors of this blog, who have all helped do this. To celebrate, a slideshow of photographs of real steam engines has been put together below. So sit back and enjoy the show!
As a model railway brand; Bachmann have proven themselves to be real heavyweights. The past few years have seen them produce models for the mainstream that would not have seemed possible a few years ago, particularly when it comes to model locomotive’s that sit in the spectrum between high-end express and low-budget shunters; an area…
Today’s Blog Post has been published a lot earlier in the day than usual, but to let you all know that after much time only being here at locoyard.com and Twitter, you can now find locoyard on Facebook! For those on Facebook (presuming this blog post link works!), check out locoyard.com – there is a…
It has been a month since Hornby announced its 2013 range. The reactions to the range have been many and varied, particularly due to Hornby’s change in tact. Hornby has for some time become famous for paving the way
Today’s celebration is actually a day late, as yesterday marked Locoyard’s first anniversary of
It is hard to believe that this time last year locoyard.com did not exist. The layout did though, as did the thought to start blogging. The blog started on 12th January (which was introduced with the picture below), though the blog did not become locoyard.com until 9th June. Today we look at all that has…
Over the next few days and weeks, Locoyard.com is set to improve. Some changes have happened already
Loco Yard 