Black 5 – 45428 Eric Treacy – NYMR (Whitby)

Tonight we go back to 2011 to see ex-LMS Black 5 class 45428 at Whitby about to begin pulling the “Yorkshire Coast Express” to Pickering. This locomotive is named after the famous railway photographer

Reminder – Vote For Your Favourite Tornado Colour!

For those who have not done so yet, please add your vote to the poll below to find out the most popular colour that A1 Pacific Tornado has been painted in.

SDJR Bath Green Park

Ahead of tomorrow’s publishing of the review of Bachmann’s S&DJR 7F 2-8-0 model, today we see a few pictures of the impressive structure of what was the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway’s (S&DJR) northern terminus – Bath Green Park.

What is your favourite colour that you have seen Tornado painted in?

NOTE – POLL NOW CLOSED! Since 2008, new-build Peppercorn A1 Pacific Tornado has delighted steam enthusiasts across the country. The recreation of this locomotive class was not

Baby Nellie!

2013’s first entry in the Steam Diary is not the most glamorous, but real steam nevertheless! Eastleigh’s Lakeside Steam Railway is a dual gauge 10¼”/7¼” line that runs from “Eastleigh Parkway” station (which incidentally has a fantastic cafe)

Dukedog 9017 – A Vanishing Act!

In 2009, I witnessed the spectacle all steam enthusiasts love to see – a locomotive creating a massive cloud of steam that it disappeared in! Mistakenly I assumed that this was blowing steam out of every valve but I’ve been since corrected that the cause is likely to be caused by water coming out of…

Apple Green 60163 Tornado – 2010

In anticipation of the review of Bachmann’s model of 60163 Tornado; today we look at few pictures of the real 2008 built beast, taken 22nd August 2010.

Christmas Photograph’s from Locoyard Followers!

Christmas is the day for followers of Locoyard to have their pictures published and what a fantastic selection we have! We start with two images from Owen Hayward of Three Plank Media. Owen took both the picture above and below at

Busy Christmas Scenes at Ropley

Today’s Blog Post is a selection of Santa Special pictures and scenes from around the site taken

Christmas on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway

We continue looking at Christmas Steam, but this time look at a very wet Havenstreet on the Isle of Wight. War Department Hunslet Austerity WD198 Royal Engineer was in charge of services (above). Although a Santa Special, Santa was not to be found on