On Sunday 19th June, I arrived in Carson City, where the Nevada State Railroad Museum was located, with the unique Mckeen Rail Motor Car. This had been under restoration since 1995, and in 2010, it was finally operated its’ first passenger service in preservation. On my visit, I was able to take a ride on…
On the 18th June, I visited my first railroad in my latest visit to the United States of America – the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, located in a small former mining town, Ely. I had visited the railroad a couple of times before, but this was my first time in eight years. Since my last…
Hello readers of Loco Yard! After a few weeks in the USA, touring the West Coast of the country, and visiting many of the heritage railroads of Nevada and California, I am now back in the UK. As with last time, I will be sharing videos and pictures of my adventure in the USA, so…
Good evening, Tonight we have a quick post featuring the July update from the 35011 General Steam Navigation project. July 2016 Update T he General Steam Navigation Locomotive Restoration Society is proud to announce that they are now the owners of the Merchant Navy class locomotive General Steam Navigation. The Society that was set up…
Good evening, Tonight we have a quick post featuring the June update from the 35011 General Steam Navigation project. June 2016 Update Our next working weekend on the locomotive at the Sellindge site has been arranged for the 16th and 17th July. We held our first working weekend on the 23rd and 24th April and…
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On a recent trip to the Swanage Railway (last month) we knew there would only be one passenger train operating but we were caught unawares by a freight train awaiting our passenger train at Corfe Castle station. As we approached, I snapped a hurried photo of the loco at the…
Good evening, The LMS Patriot Projects Chief Engineer Kevin West has been playing with his new camcorder and made this walk round up-date video of the loco build. I got to admit I prefer this medium if update as it certainly gives a more tangible edge to the normal written with added photo’s type update.
Good evening, Cornish Inc was set up by Stephen Bedser a Heritage Painter based in Cornwall who’s art depicts scenes of Steam Locomotives, Traction Engines, Classic Cars and old buildings, all lovingly painted in watercolor and Ink. Over the years Stephen has written several great pieces for LocoYard including a great mini series which looks at how…
To celebrate the start of the TransPennine Express franchise on 1 April, passengers were given cupcakes sporting the new livery. This led us to think of some of the different ways railways have used cake to promote their services and provide a mouth-watering catering experience for their passengers. Use of cake to advertise railways is…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at post by ESNBlog who managed to catch Tornado at Rainhill on Friday and she looked rather impressive Friday, and I’m back at the same spot in Redhill, waiting for the replica Peppercorn A1 Pacific ‘Tornado’ to pass through. It’s an interesting comparison to the Scotsman, and is a…
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