Merry Christmas 2015!

Merry Christmas Everyone!  Thank you to everyone who visits or contributes to www.locoyard.com.  We’ve had a fantastic year and look forward to a hopefully even better one in 2016. To mark the day, we have a slideshow of Advent Calendar blog posts (you may need to view this from a computer.)  Special thanks go to Brian Dominic, Richard…

Dreaming of a Wight Christmas

Last weekend I was simply having a wonderful Christmas time on the Isle of Wight!  The steam railway ran services late into the evening on Saturday 19th December, giving an opportunity to enjoy a ride on a steam train without the usual trimmings of the Santa Special season.  The railway were also serving a Christmas carvery, although…

22nd December 2015 – Locoyard Advent Calendar

Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture (Copyright Brian L Dominic – The Mid-Derbyshire Light railway (www.mdlr.co.uk) –  It’s Christmas Eve, and the Over Haddon Christmas tree  glows brightly beside the church at the end of the village street. This is, of course, a garden railway…………)

18th December 2015 – Locoyard Advent Calendar

Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture (Copyright Brian L Dominic – taken on Flagg Fluorspar (www.mdlr.co.uk/ff.html) Towards the end of a running session on Flagg Fluorspar the battery electric locos are getting a little tired because their batteries are running down, and the operator is getting ready for a drink. The solution? The…