Hello readers of the Locoyard Blog! My name is Jonathan Malton and I am a new member of the team! My passion for railways has been about since I was very young, mainly through the certain works of the Rev Awdrey. As Dave has already stated, I run a YouTube channel of locomotive and tram action…
I am very pleased to announce yet another member to the Locoyard team! Following our request for new members for locoyard bloggers, we’ve had another response! I would like to introduce you to Shirl aka Fireboxchaser, who will be contributing to the Locoyard blog. Shirl already has a wonderful website (click here), YouTube channel (click…
Please do not forget that the latest free edition of UK Heritage Hub’s fantastic e-zine full of brilliant articles from a wide variety of authors has been published! Do check it out – click here to download and read it! Please note that submissions for Issue 35 are now open, the deadline being the 24th…
Today’s special Valentines Day post features both mine and LocoYard’s flagship and most loved locomotives hauling some rather speical trains. First we have LocoYard’s 850 Lord Nelson hauling a rake of Pullman coaches on a speical Valentine’s Day Luncheon special.
I am very pleased to announce that following our request for new members for the locoyard team, that we’ve found someone! I would like to introduce you to Jonathan Malton, who will be contributing to the Locoyard blog. Jonathan has started a fantastic YouTube channel that I heartly recommend you subscribe to (click here). Today…
Originally posted on Whizzbang1698:
Chief Mechanical Engineer Frederick William Hawksworth was born 10 February 1884. He was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (GWR). Hawksworth was born in Swindon, and he joined the GWR in 1898, aged 15, but did not become CME until he was 57, in 1941.…
Today we have a special look at one of the growing collection of BR standard class locomotives in the Locoyard fleet. This is a Bachmann model that is as dependable as the prototype (click here for it’s review). Today we look at the history of the real thing…
Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Some Early Lines BRIEF HISTORY OF EASTBOURNE – TUNBRIDGE WELLS (CUCKOO) LINE Eastbourne – Tunbridge Wells train passes Polegate ”A’ signal box in the late 1950’s The `Cuckoo Line’ from Polegate to Eridge was completed in two stages. Initially a route from Polegate to Hailsham was…
Tonight I’m rather cheekily posting part of the Locoyard article to be found in edition 34 of UK Heritage Hub, though with different pictures! The message is just as important here… Calling all potential bloggers out there! We are looking for new authors! Volunteers, enthusiasts, modellers are all welcome to apply!
Whilst on the way to work on 35005 I noticed something rather special sitting in the Arlington Works in the form of 4CEP power car 61229 (7105) and driving motor brake second open S61230. I have always liked the 4CEP as they were the trains that I saw the most during my childhood and used…
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