During my recent visit to the East Lancashire Railway, I couldn’t help but notice that platform 2 at Bury Bolton Street Station had a semi-complete station canopy. This is a result of the railway being in the unfortunate situation of paying contractors Robert Horne Group subsidiary, Paperlinx, £18,000 a day before the company went into…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest news coming out of the LMS Patriot team who are currently building 45551 The Unknown Warrior. The LMS-Patriot Company is pleased to announce its intention to build a new Fowler 2-6-4T, once 45551 ‘The Unknown Warrior’ is up and running. The new tank engine will feature…
Some great news coming out of the Great Central today LEICESTER’S WORLD CLASS RAILWAY MUSEUM ON TRACK! HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND EARMARKS FUNDING AND RELEASES DEVELOPMENT GRANT. The Great Central Railway, The National Railway Museum and Leicester City Council are delighted to announce plans for a new railway museum in the city are firmly on track. The new attraction, “Main…
The last years of branch line steam are to be celebrated this weekend, at a special event on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Resident USA tank 30065 has been re-liveried in late BR black to match A1X Terrier tank locomotives 32670 and 32678 with the Swanage Railway’s Ex-LSWR M7 tank engine 30053.
Latest news from Hornbys Engine Shed blog Hello everyone and let us start by saying a big Happy Birthday to the late great Frank Hornby, an innovator, visionary and without whom you and we would maybe not be involved in this wonderful hobby. On with the celebrations! You may have seen on our social media pages…
The GWSR’s annual Cotswold Festival of Steam has once again chosen an imaginative theme going with Speed to the West, with guest locos representing classes who pulled the heavy holiday express trains at the height of rail travel Headlining the event will be two of Bulleid’s light pacifics, 34007 ‘Wadebridge’ courtesy of the Mid-Hants Railway…
Tonight we have an update of a previous blog post, that reported on the announcement from Locomotion Models that a model of the GNR Single is to be produced. Many thanks to Simon Kohler for supplying images of the National Railway Museum’s locomotive with both tender variations. Please click here or on the picture above…
The Bodmin and Wenford Railway will be holding their Steam Spring Gala over 2nd-4th May 2015. The line is one of the best heritage railways when it comes to running prototypically correct stock and the gala will be no exception with a locomotive line-up consisting of ex London and South Western and ex Great Western…
An agreement has been reached between the West Somerset Railway and the owners of GWR Hall class 4-6-0 no 4936 Kinlet Hall which will see the loco based on the WSR for the next five years. Although the engine’s ‘home shed’ will be Minehead it will be available for main line work as required and…
Please note that this blog post has been superseded – click here to read a newer version. At locoyard we try to keep track of 00 scale model announcements – which change rapidly in these exciting times. There are many manufacturers and special commissions from different vendors, with announcements made at various events and…
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