Continuing with the reports from my trip to north west England, today we reveal the mystery blue tank engine! Painted in a colour scheme not too dissimilar to Thomas the tank engine is the rather chunky looking Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T 1245; a member of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway’s fleet. We will look at it in more…
Last Friday I published a little teaser that we would be featuring a few lines not covered before on LocoYard. As mentioned in the latest UK Heritage Hub ezine, this was due to a holiday in the north west of England. My wife and I were blessed by fantastic weather on our trip and the…
The 0415 Adams Radial Tank has been hitting the headlines in model railway circles rather a lot recently and with two 00 scale models on the horizon, it’s easy to see why. On locoyard we have looked at the type in quite some depth earlier in the year (click here to read) and also some…
After a successful autumn gala, based on the Great Western Railway, the North Yorkshire Railway planned to turn to the Western Region for inspiration once again for their Spring Steam Gala, held between the 17th and 26th April. Unfortunately, with 4936 ‘Kintlet Hall’ deemed out of gauge on the Esk Valley line between Battersby and…
The Isle of Wight Steam Railways latest attraction is the newly built Train Story museum, the £1.2 million project which was funded by the Hertiage Lottery and opened to the public in April 2014. Train Story is a huge exhibition space, enabling the Railway’s truly impressive historic collection of locomotives, Victorian and Edwardian carriages and…
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, this time about ghosts on a locomotive.
The Bluebell Railway’s collection of stock contains many rare and (now) unique steam engines. Being the first standard gauge railway in the UK to be preserved, it had the opportunity to purchase steam engines that would otherwise have been lost forever. Interestingly, it has also become the home to the largest collection of British Railways…
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…
Tonight we have a poem from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, that is sure to make you chuckle!
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…
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