After leaving Washford, we had a brief pause at Blue Anchor station. Unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to get off here, but I stuck my camera out of the window and it looked a delightful station; we’re looking at staying in the area at some point soon to take in the rest of the…
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London Upside Down! Or is it? Modelling Windcutter takes a look at one of Hornby’s new wagon releases. Find out if it’s any good. Hornby also release some snaps of it’s upcoming Class 92 release. UK Rail Crossrail tunnelling has reached Liverpool Street. Next: Central London. The Londonist’s Geoff Marshall has the latest…
This is proof that the magic of steam is alive and well in Australia! Lovely story!
Good evening, The last few days I have been searching through the LocoYard archives to find all the posts about the various Model Railway Exhibitions we have been to and create a new page specially for them. Its located unsurprisingly on the Model Railways tab, for each show we have created a slideshow of the…
I planned Saturday 29th December for 6 shots. Nunney Castle at Patchway and then Llanvihangle, followed by the 2 Black 5’s at Llanvihangle. I was then going across to catch 60009 before doubling back to Pilning for the returning Castle and Black 5’s. What transpired left me with no Castle shots. I then went to…
I haven’t written anything about the GWSR’s plans recently, so seeing as lots has been happening on all three main fronts in the last few months I thought an update was due. First of all on the station rebuild which has steadily been progressing, the extended platforms are now nearly finished, and they will be…
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I’ve always thought the OO Gauge resin buildings (like those in the Skaledale range) look rather splendid. But now I’m starting to add more lighting features to my layout – like street lamps and retro fitting rolling stock with LEDs, some of those cracking looking buildings are starting to look…
I think I must be allergic to the Severn Valley’s Autumn steam galas, last year I had tonsilitus, and this year all didn’t exactly go to plan, yet again. Before this weekend I was expecting to be able to spend a half decent amount of time at the SVR gala, considering I wasn’t actually in…
Part 2 of Sed30s look at the East Kent Railway
A great post looking at the East Kent Railway. The Thumpers are a brilliant train and I remember seeing them operate on the South Coast Mainline on the way to school. One of the few diesel/electrics I actually like 🙂
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