On the 10th April, LNER A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley passed over the Dawlish Sea Wall, hauling the first steam-hauled railtour across the sea wall following the severe storms of February 2014 that washed away large pieces of the track bed. UK Heritage Hub’s roving reporter, James Corben, was at Dawlish today, and captured this…
A picture I took the first time I visited the GWSR at Winchcombe during the 175 Gala Right, so Simon of Brookes Castle contacted me suggesting I could write a bit about how someone as young as me gets involved in volunteering at a railway. I’ll be writing a bit more about what I do…
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…
Hi Just to introduce myself. My name is Shirl and I am a GWR enthusiast and big King Class fan. I am also volunteer support crew with 6024 King Edward 1, and occasionally go out with other locomotives such as Britannia, Braunton and Bittern. I have also volunteered with 71000 Duke of Glos and with…
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…
Although the Model of the Week series has come to and end, we still will look at the history of the prototype’s represented by model locomotives in special blog posts, of which this is one! Today is a special look at a GWR member of the Locoyard fleet of locomotives. This is a Bachmann model…
A newly built 3050 Royal Sovereign Photo source: Wikipedia The Dean Single was a passenger steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899 under the direction of GWR’s chief mechanical engineer William Dean. The locomotive class was known by many different names such as 3031 Class or Achilles class, both named…
It may have been around for a while, but Bachmann’s 45xx/4575 model is still an important model in the firms range. It is an essential type for GWR branchlines, so an important addition to the Loco Model Reviews Page. So let’s see how good the model is!
Following from yesterday’s blog post (click here to read) looking at the Great Western Railway and STEAM, the Museum of the GWR comes a fantastic article originally published in March 1942 “Railways” Magazine. This is of course another brilliant contribution from Nick Littlewood who has very kindly sent these into Locoyard. The article is presented in…
The Great Western Railway, or GWR, was known to it’s fans as “God’s Wonderful Railway”. Most people who find an interest in something often develop loyalties, particularly when it comes to anything competitive, just listen to the chants of any football game if you’re searching for an example! The same is true for railways, even…
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