A great article by Robert Demaine of the National Railway Musuem looking at how some locomotives were named differently during the First World War. Named locomotives in the First World War The naming of railway locomotives has often been a practice heavy with symbolism and at no time more so than during the Great War. Thanks…
Stephen Bedser has long been a good friend and contributor of this website. Stephen is a talented artist who’s art has graced these online web pages and long may it continue to do so! Capturing the raw beauty of industrial heritage through water colours requires talent of which this author is deficient, but fortunately for…
Originally posted on Locksands Life:
As we get through January, I thought I might look at one or two Christmas presents – but this isn’t one of them. This is a sort of buckshee extra. I performed what I might call a trifling kindness for Henfield Museum and the author of a book about the…
Originally posted on Kindadukish's Blog – I am not a number, I am a free man (The Prisoner):
“A grand day out………………..” The regular steam train enters the station Although I am scheduled to go on an official visit to see the Flying Scotsman train next Friday, I decided at short notice to go…
Good evening, Tonight we are finishing our look at the layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November 2015. So without further ado let’s have a look! Pwllheli (P4) Pwllheli is a P4 gauage layout owned by South Hants Model Railway Club member Jonathan Buckie. Pwllheli is situated in north- west corner…
Today we take a look back at blog posts from the Watercress Line in 2015. The Mid Hants Railway, or Watercress Line is the most heavily featured preserved railway on locoyard and as a result required this specific blog post to summarise all the entries! General articles Mid-Hants Railway and Modern Engineering looks at the work required to keep…
In the past day or two, the Flying Scotsman has made it to national and international news after making its first test run since completion of its overhaul on the East Lancashire Railway. In doing so, it has shown that there is plenty of substance behind its claim to being the world’s most famous steam locomotive. …
In the past we’ve been somewhat lax in our coverage of models of diesel locomotives here on locoyard. But after reading a post on Graham Muz’ blog today I thought it might be time to change! Graham reported today that Heljan have announced that they plan to produce a model of the class 07, a…
A rail link from Swanage to Wareham has been a dream for many for nearly 45 years. Project Wareham is a hugely ambitious plan to turn that dream into a reality by completing the Purbeck Line, extending from its current terminus of operations in Norden to Network Rail at Wareham – but not just as a heritage railway, but as…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another one of my favourite layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November.
Loco Yard 