Pecorama is a large miniature and model railway attraction situated on the southern “Jurassic Coast” of east Devon. As well as having a large model railway exhibition; there is also a large miniature railway, model shop, gardens and restaurant, plus it is adjacent to Peco’s factory. Three blog Posts have been published so far on…
As is the tradition of this series of blog posts, we look at the history of the prototype behind a model from the locoyard collection.
After seeing the video below on YouTube from a link on Model Rail’s Editor Ben Jones’ twitter feed, I was so wowed that I simply had to share it here! This is an amazing model! I would love to have this in the collection as although it’s not the correct scale for locoyard; being Ho…
This is a special video made for UK Heritage Hub looking back at an incredible summer of steam! Enjoy!
Tonight’s blog post is both a reminder to download and checkout UK Heritage Hub’s latest ezine (click here to download and read it) and also a note that submissions for Issue 27 are still open – the deadline for which is 9th September. If there is a topic or article that you would like to…
The National Railway Museum is a fantastic collection of railway objects, all of high historical importance. In the Station Hall, some of the more opulent exhibits can be found.
As with it’s fellow Paignton and Dartmouth Railway based cousin 5239 Goliath that featured on Saturday (click here to read more), 7827 Lydham Manor has for many years been one of the stalwarts of the line’s fleet. It also shares a similar history in it’s preservation; being an ex-Barry scrapyard locomotive.
Yesterday at a Bachmann Collectors Club event at the Bluebell Railway, Bachmann announced their intention to produce a model of an ex-LBSCR Brighton Atlantic steam locomotive. This is a significant development in the Model Railway industry, showing an increased interest in pre-grouping types of steam locomotive.
In stark contrast to the previous blog post looking at modern traction in the National Railway Museum, York (click here to read more), today we look at locomotives and carriages, some of which are replica’s, that remind us of the early days of railways in the UK. We begin with elderly 1829 built Shutt End…
At the time of going to press, 76079 is the newest member of the 00 scale locoyard fleet of model locomotives. The real thing has featured on the website before (click here for more) and the Bachmann model has also been reviewed (click here to read the review). Today, we look at the history of…
Loco Yard 