This year’s warm and dry summer in the UK resulted in many heritage railway lines having to switch from steam to diesel power because of the fire risk. The Watercress Line was no exception and called in support from two class 37 diesel electric locomotives – D6836 and 37901 Mirrlees Pioneer. These two locomotives were…
Our model of the Week is certainly one of the favourites of the Locoyard fleet. Today we look at the history behind the prototype that Bachmann based this fabulous model on (click here for the model review) – South Eastern and Chatham Railway C class 592.
Officially designated class V; this class soon became known as the schools class as each locomotive were named after famous private schools. The first members of the class were built in 1930 and named after schools in the Southern region, however by the time 925 was completed in 1934 they had run out of names…
News from the Bulleid Society reveals that scenes such as those posted here have taken a step closer to being repeated. The boiler is to be removed from it’s frames and sent to Crewe for overhaul.
The first in a series of locomotive profiles, looking at the wide variety of locomotives that still exist in the modern day. This video is focusing on SR Merchant Navy (rebuilt) pacific 35028 Clan Line, based at Stewarts Lane in London. If you would like to learn more, a “Model of the Week” feature was…
Once again, regular UK Heritage Hub contributor James Corben has very kindly allowed us to share an excellent video of his. The video shows the historical moment three days ago when the first steam hauled rail tour ran over the Bluebell Railway’s tracks since the opening of the East Grinstead extension earlier this year; hauled…
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway number 672 Fenchurch is 141 years old today! As well as celebrating it’s 141st Birthday today, last week the locomotive visited Littlehaven as part of the station’s 150th Birthday, so it’s been a back to back party-time for Fenchurch!
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…
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…
Today’s model of the week is another of Locoyard’s collection of LBSCR A1X terrier’s. This time, it is arguably the most famous terrier of them all…
Loco Yard 