How much of Flying Scotsman is original?

Good evening, Earlier in the year Dave wrote a very popular piece on authenticity within in the railway and wider heritage scene and this week Anthony Coulls did a very interesting piece on a similar theme with “How much of Flying Scotsman is original?” which we thought we’d look at tonight. Anthony Coulls is the…

Terriers

Originally posted on Locksands Life:
Today I am unashamedly showing some railway locos that will keep me happy. The small tank engines built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in the 1870s became my favourite type of loco in my train spotting days getting on for 90 years after they were built. A…

Dorothy Mather, a tribute to Tornado’s figurehead

This evening the A1 steam trust released the sad news of the passing of Dorothy Mather, she was the president of the A1 Steam Trust and Arthur Peppercorns widow (designer of the Peppercorn A1s and A2s). From everyone at LocoYard our deepest thoughts and condolences go out to her family and to the A1 Trust…