North Eastern Classics

Tonight we have a quick look of two members of the National Collection. First (above) is North Eastern Railway 1001 class 1275 – a “long boiler” locomotive.

Model of the Week – 264 Class Caley Pug – 56038

56038 is a small but characterful member of the Locoyard fleet. It is a highly modified Hornby Caledonian Pug. The Caley Pug has long been within the Hornby range, with 56038’s classmate 56025 Smokey Joe being in every Hornby catalog since 1983. For such a popular model, it is quite surprising how little has been…

Bachmann Ex-GCR 11F/Ex-LNER D11 Improved Director Class Review

This model review has been promised for a little while now! The D11 class were very successful locomotives that performed well throughout their forty year career’s. Bachmann’s model is no less impressive and set’s a standard that will be hard to match!

Model of the Week – Ex GCR Robinson class D11/1 Improved Director 62663 Prince Albert

62663 Prince Albert is a member of the Locoyard fleet that is quite different to the others in the collection, in that it is the only one with Great Central Railway origins. If it wasn’t for the unfortunate demise of Modelzone, where 62663 was sold for a good price in one store’s last hour of…

A Study of A1 class 60163 Tornado

60163 was built in 2008 and was the first mainline steam locomotive built in the UK since 92220 Evening star. Tornado’s story is a very interesting one. Rather than repeat it here, I urge you to check out the A1 Steam Trusts web site (click here) to find out more.

Model of the Week – BR Standard 4MT class 2-6-0 76079

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…

Bachmann BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 Class Model Review

Closely related to Ivatt’s 4MT 2-6-0, the BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 class was a useful locomotive used in most regions, with the exception of the west. 115 were produced, 17 of them with a larger BR1B tender for the Southern region. The model reviewed here is catalogue reference 32-952. Without further ado, here’s the locoyard…

Too ill to join the party… The Flying Scotsman

Whilst the Great Gathering event was taking place in York, another ex-LNER locomotives were unable to join in with the celeberations. The Flying Scotsman, the world’s most famous steam locomotive could be seen in the NRM workshops. Withdrawn from service in 2006; the Flying Scotsman has been undergoing one of the most controversial restorations of…

1938 Hornby Dublo Advert – courtesy of Nick Littlewood

Nick Littlewood has once again sent in a gem! This time it is an original advert for Hornby Dublo found in December 1938’s edition of LMS Magazine. In keeping Mallard 75 celebrations it featuring an A4 class model that Nick and I think is Sir Nigel Gresley. Do you agree? Feel free to comment!

6 A4’s At The Great Gathering – Photo Gallery

Following from the story of the visit to The Great Gathering at the National Railway Museum, York (click here to read) and UK Heritage Hub’s blog post on the event (click here to read it), today we publish pictures taken of each A4 Pacific locomotive in a slideshow.