Southern Railways N15 King Arthur Class – 777 Sir Lamiel
Sir Lamiel was one of the highlights of the Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala 2013
Day Out With Thomas
This time last year on Locoyard, a blog post was published on the “Cockney Coronation Society“. This was, of course an April fools Day joke! However, not wanting to be too predictable there is no April Fools Day joke here this year, but a lighthearted blog post none-the-less!
Medstead Wagon Gang
A memorable part of the day at the the Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala 2013 was a tour of the Medstead Wagon Works.
The Science Museum
It was a visit to the Science Museum in London that sparked the quest to find the most famous steam locomotive (click here to read more). However despite that, there had yet to be a proper article on the three locomotives to be found there, so here (at last!) it is!
New Forest Steam – Exbury Gardens Steam Railway
Whilst on a lovely (though very muddy!) walk with Mrs Locoyard on 9th March, we briefly passed through Exbury,
The Watercress Line’s Home Fleet in Action
The Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala
B473 – Ex-LBSCR E4 Class 0-6-2 Tank
Saturday 23rd March 2013 will see the re-opening of the rail link between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead.
Inspiration for an Artist – Guest Blog Post from Stephen Bedser of Cornish Inc
Tonight we have a very special guest blog post from a fantastic artist, Stephen Bedser. Stephen has kindly written an article about how he became an artist who specialises in heritage scenes. I would strongly recommend you visit http://www.cornishinc.co.uk to see more of his fantastic works. Stephen can also be found on twitter (click here),…
Ex-LSWR T9 class – 30120
One of the biggest stars of the Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala
GWR Large Prairie Tank 5101 class – 5164
Although a last minute stand-in for the withdrawn 3717 City of Truro; the Severn Valley Railway’s large prairie tank 5164 nevertheless added some variety to
Loco Yard 