Today marks the 70th Anniversary of Rev W Awdry publishing the first of the famous Railway Series books, “The Three Railway Engines.” Interestingly this first book did not introduce the most famous character of the series – Thomas the Tank engine, but of course it is Thomas who became the star. Hornby are marking the…
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…
The model of the week blog posts are beginning to come to an end, as there are only so many models in the Locoyard Collection. Today’s model is the layout’s model that has been repainted in maroon and gold to be used at Christmas time, so it’s only right that we look at it now! …
The Movember competition for 2013 ends today. Unfortunately we only received two entries this year, which is a pity, but they were excellent entries all the same. The first from Simon Shutt (click here to view) and the second from Gary Ruming (click here to view). The competition winner of the random prize draw will be contacted…
Completing the reviews of cheap Hornby 0-6-0 steam engines is today’s look at Hornby’s half-cab pannier tank. It’s been in the catalogue since 1980 but had a significant makeover in 2001 and as such is one of the more reasonable cheap models in the Hornby range. Without further ado, let’s have a look at this…
With just one week to go, so far we have had just two entries into the Movember competition for 2013. These have been excellent entries, the first from Simon Shutt (click here to view) and the second from Gary Ruming (click here to view). We want to see more entries! Don’t forget that there is a…
This week’s model of the week is one of 2013’s stars of the Locoyard Movember competition. It is also the first diesel locomotive to feature in this series of blog posts and the only diesel currently in the Locoyard fleet. Tonight we find out more about this villain from the Thomas the Tank engine and…
Locoyard’s Thomas the Tank engine spends every November on the layout to celebrate Movember. This year he decided to arrive early and on the morning of Halloween, Thomas was being prepared for a day’s work. Thomas likes visiting locoyard, as it’s always full of steam locomotives and this year is no exception. He got chatting…
On the lookout for decent, cheap 00 scale models, I came across a Hornby GNR J13. At first glance it was obvious that it was streets ahead of the J83 so decided to give it a go, so here is it’s review!
Trago Mills in Devon is one of a small chain of stores in the West Country and can be found near Newton Abbott. Last year I visited the store and although I reported on two small layout’s to be found there (click here for more), unfortunately I missed seeing the massive 00 scale layout. Fortunately…
Loco Yard 