Life is a Box of Chocolates (Factory Steam Locomotives) I was looking at the BBC news website when I stumbled upon this interesting piece of news about a steam locomotive that used to work at Fry’s Chocolate Factory. The locomotive was never said to had been scrapped, but it was found that it was in…
Locoyard’s 00 scale model reviews section (click here to read) nearly has all ready to run BR Standard class models reviewed. Hornby’s version of the 4MT (75xx) 4-6-0 model is regarded as one of the best out there and has a direct competitor from Bachmann (click here to read the review). Today we look at…
Since last year’s Movember campaign, Devious Diesel from Thomas the Tank Engine and friends had become the fleet’s only non-steam locomotive, but it is now joined by a BR class08 classmate, albeit a more detailed main-range Bachmann version. Not wanting to spend too much, I picked up this model secondhand. Although Bachmann’s modern class 08…
At the time of going to press, 76079 is the newest member of the 00 scale locoyard fleet of model locomotives. The real thing has featured on the website before (click here for more) and the Bachmann model has also been reviewed (click here to read the review). Today, we look at the history of…
The National Railway Museum in York is full of famous, momentous and historically significant items. This was particularly so during the Great Gathering when all six surviving Gresley A4 Pacific’s lined up to celebrate the fact that they are the fastest steam engine class in the world and have been for 75 years. As much…
Following the recent reviews of Hornby’s 0-4-0 side-tank locomotives, today’s blog post look’s at two real 0-4-0 tank engines on
Hornby produce a number of locomotives that share the 0-4-0 chassis – the Caledonian Pug, class 06 diesel shunter, and three side-tank models, the GWR Holden Tank; a fictional ex-Thomas the Tank engine and finally the Class D which we are reviewing today. The “class D” (above) is based on a real class of five…
This marks the twentieth review published on Locoyard! To finish our theme on modern steam’s hero, we
In a previous blog post, we learned why and how 70 Hunslet Austerity tank engines survived into preservation. We also looked into how they were cheap and easy to build and maintain. They were a successful design that continued into production into 1964 – 4 years after the last British Railways steam engine was…
Here’s a scenario for you, and one that I’d like to know if you’ve experienced… How many of you have arrived at a preserved line, heard and seen steam… full of excitment rushed into the ticket office, glanced through the window
Loco Yard 