I’m sure that many of you know by now that today Hornby announced their 2013 range today. This is a few days earlier than in previous years. In the past, the forthcoming range was announced on Christmas Day, although printing timings of the Model press often meant that details were leaked early. When media embargo’s…
After seeing 60163 Tornado in Winchester on Monday, Simon of Brookes Castle tipped me off that 71000 Duke of Gloucester was outside in Eastleigh’s yard, so I popped down to have a look. This unique BR standard pacific has been out of action for a few months now, hopefully it will be back soon. The last…
Tomorrow is the last day for entries for the Locoyard Movember competition. All entries received so far have been excellent and it has been so great that it has been supported so well. Although tomorrow is the last day of the Movember competition, it will also mark the first day of
Many of you may have found through reading in the press that the only surviving LBSCR E1 class has moved from
Another short post tonight; this time giving a motive power update. In the next few days and weeks there will be
This Friday 7th to Sunday 8th September is an important weekend for the Southern steam enthusiast as it is the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Spectacular. In antcipation of this; today we look at the planned steam locomotive line-up for the event, in order of build date. UPDATED 4th September – S15 class 825 has been withdrawn and…
In a change to the scheduled post, tonight I wanted to share with my followers my first proper look of recently restored Schools class 925 Cheltenham, that I was fortunate to catch today in a rather sunny Ropley loco yard. Restored to working order in Eastleigh works (the locomotive’s birthplace) in just two years; it…
Exciting news folks, the website domain http://www.locoyard.com has been purchased! All links shall remain the same, so there’s no need to update your bookmarks. However, it should make life easier for people trying to find the website. In other news, after receiving a couple of requests for a video tour of Locoyardfest , a short…
One of the Bluebell Railway‘s treasures took one step closer to returning to service yesterday, with a successful steam testing. The H Class 0-4-4 tank engine is the only surviving member of a class that once numbered 66 prototypes. Once again, it will be returned to full SECR lined green livery, recreating more scenes like…
Southern items in 00 scale featured heavily in the model railway industry’s most comprehensive wish list poll. Top of the list was an LSWR 700 0-6-0 (Black motor), with original Merchant Navy (3rd), Adams 4-4-2T Radial (5th), SECR birdcage sets (6th), with the USA tank (7th) and Maunsell Q class (10th) also featuring. Clearly the…
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