Icons of Steam have recently published their report of 2014 and plans for 2015. The report contains a video of 4464 Bittern’s last mainline run on its current boiler ticket and a link to details of how the LNER A4 class will spend 2015 running on the Watercress Line.
Yesterday the Swanage Railway reported that 2014 was a very successful year with the line carrying a remarkable 216,267 passengers. 2014 was the best for passenger numbers in the heritage line’s history to-date.
Yesterday the National Railway Museum published an update of progress of the overhaul of the worlds most famous steam engine. The overhaul has caused much controversy with costs spiraling massively. The good news is that the National Railway Museum are reporting that the overhaul shall finish this year. An update of work being completed by…
Recently, model railway retailer and commissioner of unique models that include versions of the DJ Models Hunslet Austerity; Hattons (www.ehattons.com) have released a video of a pre-production sample of that particular model in action. It looks pretty impressive, handling a big load with ease and sounding very quiet. It looks to be quite an upgrade…
Happy New Year to all locoyard followers! Concluding our review of 2014 we conclude with a summary in pictures of this year. To read more about the model railway article click here, Heritage Railway articles click here and causes/other blog posts click here.
Continuing the summary of 2014 from the post on model railways (click here) and Heritage Railway articles (click here) we have another blog post, this time looking at some of the causes we have supported this year and also blog posts that fit into the “other” category. Also, do check out the pictorial review of 2014…
Continuing our summary of 2014 we look at Heritage Railway articles, of which there are lots, so make a cup of tea, coffee (or whatever you wish) and read on! 2014 was a year of many commemorations and anniversaries. One such anniversary was the ten year anniversary of the “Last Thump” when the venerable class…
There is an interesting relationship between model and real railways. The Class 415 Adams Radial Tank is an interesting example of this relationship. We won’t go into too much detail about the prototype here (that’s for a future blog post,) but the class has for long dominated wishlists for new models, despite the only surviving example found…
2014 has been this blog’s most successful year to-date with over 250,00 views. As we approach the end of the year we take the opportunity to look back over the year to see some of the blog posts that made this such a good year. Fresh content was published at least once every day, which…
Following on and related to this morning’s final and very special Advent Calendar blog post, we have an exciting announcement from the UK Heritage Hub Team! Please go to https://locoyard.com/heritage-railways/gwili-steam-gala/ or click on the picture above to find out more! Also, if you’ve tuned in a little late, it’s not too late to open today’s advent calendar blog…
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