A Princess in Paddington – A Guest Blog Post from Nick Littlewood

Fellow twitterer Nick Littlewood has been kind enough to send these photographs of a Princess at Paddington Station.  I strongly advise followers of this blog on twitter to follow Nick  (@NickPLittlewood), as he always has something interesting to post!  Nick has also since contributed photographs of GWR King class 6000 King George V so be…

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…

The Future of Mainline Steam?

  I am sure many of you have read or heard through the heritage railway press that the future of Mainline Steam is currently resting on whether the Office of Rail Regulation pass legislation to remove a cap on fines for late running services caused by charter trains.  Currently, the cap stands at £5,000, but…

UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 16

UK Heritage Hub have just published their sixteenth newsletter and it is a cracker!  Locoyard.com warmly recommends the UK Heritage Hub’s free e-magazine magazine to all its followers.  Click here to view it.  Unfortunately due to a lack of recent material, locoyard were unable to supply any content this time, but hope to for next…