Christmas at Medstead and Four Marks
A selection of Christmas scenes from Medstead and Four Marks, Saturday 15th December 2012. There’s still time submit your pictures to be published on Locoyard.com on Christmas Day! Click here for more details.
Santa’s Other Train – 925 Cheltenham on the Mid-Hants Railway
Hauling Heavy Santa Services this December on the Watercress Line with U class 31806 has been the National Collection’s
Santa’s Train – A Hard Day’s Work for 31806 on the Mid-Hants Railway
U class 31806 has been hard at work throughout
Sleeping Giants at Ropley
With the excuse of taking more pictures of Christmas steam (for material for the Locoyard Advent Calendar!) , last Sunday I spent a few hours on the Watercress Line. It was a fairly gloomy day, which really added to the already ample
Christmas Steam!
Today’s pictures hopefully will help give some idea’s for your Christmas Photo comp
71000 Duke of Gloucester sunbathing in the Winter Sun
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…
60163 Tornado – A BR Blue Christmas
Yesterday; 60163 Tornado ventured South, hauling the Cathedrals Express from Peterborough to Winchester; which is where I saw her. I also had the pleasure of meeting with my good friend
Mainline Steam! The Bath Christmas Market
Those who caught this morning’s Advent Calendar Post would have seen an advanced preview of today’s blog post. Yesterday (December 8th), 34067 Tangmere worked “The Bath Christmas Market”; a mainline steam excursion running from
December – Ropley Locoyard
A quick post tonight to round off last Saturday’s visit to the Watercress Line. After soaking in the festive atmosphere at Alresford; last Saturday’s visit ended (as it often does!) with a visit to
Festive Steam
Being the first weekend of December, last Saturday was the first day of Santa Specials on preserved lines around the country. Eager to take some pictures for the Locoyard Advent Calendar entries, I made my way to the Watercress Line to capture some festive
Loco Yard 