It seems hard to believe that the Watercress Autumn Gala was back in October and now we are in December, time seems to go by so quickly! Noticing that there were quite a few unpublished pictures, I thought it best “wrap up” the Gala!
This Morning’s Advent Calendar Blog post revealed a decorated GWR Manor class, 7819 Hinton Manor and this evening we look at an undecorated example! This is 7821 Ditcheat Manor, a locomotive that can be found on display at STEAM, the Museum of the GWR, Swindon.
One of the more unusual looking locomotives of the 00 scale locoyard fleet of model locomotives is Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 43160. This Bachmann model has been reviewed before (click here to read the review) and today, we look at the history of the prototype…
Completing the reviews of cheap Hornby 0-6-0 steam engines is today’s look at Hornby’s half-cab pannier tank. It’s been in the catalogue since 1980 but had a significant makeover in 2001 and as such is one of the more reasonable cheap models in the Hornby range. Without further ado, let’s have a look at this…
Without doubt the “Star” exhibit of Swindon’s STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway is the only surviving GWR Star class locomotive, 4003 Lode Star. Simon of Brookes Castle has very kindly written the following blog post detailing the history of this locomotive, which has been illustrated with pictures taken at the museum by…
November is a quiet month for the steam enthusiast, with most preserved lines being closed for maintenance. So other than having fun with model railways (and of course, taking part in Movember), it is also a good time to visit museums. Swindon’s STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway is one such place very…
One of the most eagerly anticipated model releases that we have been waiting for is Hornby’s 00 scale recreation model of Gresley’s 2-8-2 P2 class 2001 ‘Cock O’ The North’. The below video is a sneak preview of what this Model in action and it has to be said that it looks very impressive indeed.…
Check out the latest in UK Heritage Hub series, this time looking Bulleid Battle of Britain Pacific 34067 Tangmere.
Today we look at the history of a very special and elegant locomotive from the Locoyard fleet, quite in contrast to the Devious Diesel from Thomas the Tank engine who has starred in recent blog posts. Interestingly our model of the week isn’t quite as far removed from our new Movember star as you might…
Following a previous blog post on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s O2 class W24 Calbourne, we have a brief look at other locomotives that can be found at Havenstreet. Firstly we have the unique E1 class that was reported on before (click here for more), however since then it has been re-named Yarmouth.
Loco Yard 