2013 on and around the yard in pictures!
Today we have a slideshow, showing highlights of 2013 on the locoyard model railway! Enjoy!
Simon’s journey into the world of Volunteering – Entry 5
Happy New Year to my loyal followers of my volunteer diaries! I would like to start this diary entry with a great big thank you to everyone who has been reading my diary entries over the last couple of months as they have proved to be far more popular than I ever imagined. A big…
Can you come out to play?
Hopefully this reblog will help spread the word a little. All the best and good luck!
In the works… 42xx 4248
Swindon’s STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway tries to give visitors an impression of what Swindon was like during it’s heydays in the past. One of the exhibits – 42xx class 4248 is displayed as a dismantled steam locomotive, if it was in the works.
2013 in Review – Poll’s, Competitions and Guest Blog Posts
2013 has been a remarkable year for a steam and model railway enthusiast and it has been a pleasure to report on it here on http://www.locoyard.com. Today we reflect on the past year’s many blog posts that involved poll’s, competitions and guests…. Poll’s: The poll to find our favourite colour that 60163 Tornado has been…
Weekend Wanderings – Maldon Train Station
This is a fabulous selection of photographs of a beautiful heritage railway. I particularly like the detail shots, they pick out some interesting items and objects. This is a lovely blog post!
On the Workbench: December 2013
Originally posted on The Model Railways of Oly Turner and Chris Matthews:
Well, 2013 has now departed and before we leave it totally behind, we have time for a slightly overdue workbench update, which, coinciding with the run up to Christmas etc is a bit lighter than normal for 2 months worth of modelling…. …
Model of the Week – Peppercorn A1 Class – 60163 Tornado
Welcome to the last “model of the week” series, which will become a less regular feature in the future. However, today’s model is an important one to end the series – A1 class 60163 Tornado. This Bachmann model has previously been reviewed (click here for more) and is a regular runner here at Locoyard. Today…
2013 in Review – Brookes Castle!
Simon from Brookes Castle has become an incredible contributor to http://www.locoyard.com. His volunteer diary has been amongst the most popular of blog post series. These blog post’s tell his story as a new volunteer working on the full strip and inspection of Merchant Navy Pacific 35005 Canadian Pacific.
2013 Site Statistics
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 190,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 8 days for that many people to see…
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