Following from yesterday’s blog post (click here to read) looking at the Great Western Railway and STEAM, the Museum of the GWR comes a fantastic article originally published in March 1942 “Railways” Magazine. This is of course another brilliant contribution from Nick Littlewood who has very kindly sent these into Locoyard. The article is presented in…
The Great Western Railway, or GWR, was known to it’s fans as “God’s Wonderful Railway”. Most people who find an interest in something often develop loyalties, particularly when it comes to anything competitive, just listen to the chants of any football game if you’re searching for an example! The same is true for railways, even…
As you may remember, early in the autumn of 2013 we asked for your views on the Big 4. Here is the outcome! The results are in and we are very pleased to announce that the UKHH ‘Big Four’ of 2013 is actually 5 locos! The winning classes were as follows:
The latest free edition of UK Heritage Hub’s fantastic e-zine full of brilliant articles from a wide variety of authors is ready to be downloaded. Enjoy! Click here to download and read it! Please note that submissions for Issue 34 are now open. If there is a topic or article that you would like to…
Originally posted on The Beauty of Transport:
Thanks to Monet and his water lilies, Impressionist painters have gained a reputation for being a bit splodgy, brightly coloured, and concerned with trying to capture the fleeting nature of the quality of light, permanently on canvas. But they were so much more than that. They were recorders…
Originally posted on Pete's Favourite Things:
The traveling post office service was first operated in 1830 and grew to include a number of different routes where the mail was sorted en route and dropped off or picked up without the need for the train to stop. The most iconic portrayal of the TPO came…
The Bluebell Railway are very eager to increase the number of powerful steam locomotives that are available for service. Schools class V 928 Stowe would be an ideal locomotive for them, so it’s no surprise that this beautiful locomotive is the focus of their current campaign! They have released a fantastic video (see below) that…
Today is this blog’s 2nd Birthday. Two years ago, I decided to start publishing my model diary and from that decision has blossomed a comprehensive site of well over 750 blog posts that has amassed almost 245,000 views. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to visit locoyard over the past two years,…
Today we have a slideshow, showing highlights of 2013 as reported in the heritage train diary! Enjoy!
One of the more recent additions to the Locoyard fleet is GWR small prairie tank number 4555. It will be reviewed in due course, but for the time being here is the guide to fit a DCC decoder.
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