One of my fav engines is the humble 350hp diesel shunter, an o60 chassis with a marine engine of which the Mid Hants has at least 4! One of them was on shunting duty today and here it is Looking forward to the release of the Dapol O gauge model later…
Good evening, Tonight we are featuring a blog post by the always brilliant Inglenook South who takes a look at the Hornby 466 class EMU. I do have a soft spot for these units but I dont think I will ever purchase one myself I doubt pre-grouping GWR and Network SouthEast trains would mix well…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at one of my favourite layouts I saw at the Southampton Model Railway Club Exhibition in the form of Wantage. Wantage is an O Gauge layout which is closely based on the Mills Street terminus of the Wantage Tranway Company owned by D. S. Cox of the Crawley MRS.…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the upcoming Watercress Line gala which starts tomorrow and will be featured on Locoyard in the upcoming weeks. Traditionally Dave does the preview post but as I type this he is showing a troop of Brownies around Ropley so this time it’s up to me so here we…
Originally posted on esngblog:
Another fine layout at the Alton show was Dock Green, an O gauge shunting layout set in East London in early British Railways days. Full marks, too for the layout name, bringing back memories of watching ‘Dixon of Dock Green’ on black-and-white television on a Saturday evening. As usual, I enjoyed…
The Nene Valley Railway is home to a special blue tank engine. Although he may not look quite like the Thomas the Tank Engine of the books and films, he is the only one to be named by no other than Rev W Awdry.
Originally posted on Loco Yard:
The 140,000 people who visited the Great Gathering in York must have noticed a rather large 4-8-4 steam locomotive sitting next to the A4’s. The locomotive is KF7; donated to the National Railway Museum by the Chinese government and is one of two known survivors of the KF class (the…
The Watercress Line’s flagship steam locomotive, Merchant Navy class no. 35005 Canadian Pacific, is currently undergoing a full overhaul at Eastleigh works. Although the railway has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, they still need to raise a further £200,000. Please help return CanPac to working order. Go to http://www.watercresslinepayments.co.uk/product.php/15/no__35005_canadian_pacific to donate and http://www.watercressline.co.uk/canpac to keep up…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at something rather special! As most people know, we at LocoYard are big fans of the Harry Potter series and in particular the Hogwarts Express, so it comes as no great surprise that tonight we are looking at the new Hogwarts Express that will be featured in the new…
Originally posted on MSummers Photography:
Last fall, I attended the Cass Photography Workshops, hosted by Walter Scriptunas II and Clayton Spangler at the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. Walter and Clayton put on a great workshop filled with many different types of photographic opportunities ranging from details to human interest to trains, plus some classroom…
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