When a locomotive’s boiler ticket comes to an end, it is either laid up in an overhaul queue or within a matter of weeks the overhaul commences and a quick return to steam happens. This, of course, depends on two factors; condition of the locomotive and the key factor, what funds are available. One such…
Some of you may have remembered a few weeks ago, the first ever diesel blog post to be published here on http://www.locoyard.com, with a promise that more would follow if it were popular… which it was! So here’s another!
Today at Locoyard we look the Southern Railway U class. It is in many ways an example of a successful, general purpose steam engine that did it’s job well without capturing any headlines. Four examples of the class are preserved; all four having worked in preservation and all four been popular, reliable and well liked…
Tonight we go back in time to 2011 and have a good look at the North York Moors Railway’s fantastic Loco yard. Grosmont is certainly one of my favourite places in the country when it comes to steam locomotive depots.
Today we publish the final set of never-before published scans of newly discovered pictures from the archive. These pictures are mainly from 1997 on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Enjoy!
Nick Littlewood has sent some more images of the Golden Arrow from two sources – The Book of Railways by Arthur Groom 1950 (above and below) and from The Railway Magazine Feb 1974 (bottom).
Today’s entry in the Steam Diary is a celebration of a lost miniature railway held this weekend at Eastleigh’s Lakeside Steam Railway.
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Another short blog post tonight, with some scanned photographs taken on the Bluebell Railway in 1994. These pictures have not been published before.
Nick Littlewood has been kind enough to send a scanned copy of a 1950’s postcard of the Golden Arrow, that had to be shared! What a fantastic illustration! They don’t make them like that any more!
Loco Yard 