Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another locomotive in the Bigjigs Heritage Collection in the form of pannier tank 1638, based on the sole survivor of the class to be found on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Class: 1600 class Use: Shunting, Light Passenger/Goods Region:Western Era: 1949-1965 Preserved examples: 1638 – Under overhaul – Kent and…
The Lancashire & Yorkshire (L&Y) signalling school (based at the National Railway Museum), the world’s oldest operating model railway look at the Irk Valley crash of the 15th August 1953.
An update on the overhaul of Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific has been published. Please go to http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/canpac-overhaul-update-november-2015 to read more!
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at something a bit different. As most Coronation Street fans know, Roy Cropper is a huge fan of both steam locomotives and has a model railway which will soon be going on display. Since the storyline around Roy’s obsession with his model railway following Hayley’s death finished last year,…
At the end of October, Ravenglass Railway Museum announced that they have been awarded a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund in the following press release. This is excellent news, as it means the story of the 100 year old line, that I had the pleasure of visiting earlier in the year, will be told.…
I have long been interested in the Big Fours films after seeing them on YouTube and its really fascinating to see behind the scenes.
The Woodpecker Railway is run by layout owner Dickon Armstrong, David Clark and Alan Armstrong. It is a fictional rural model railway that changes in form each time it is exhibited depending on space available. The locomotives are Live Steam or battery powered, operated by remote control. The steam engines run on gas or coal and…
Hornby is without doubt a vital brand for model railways, indeed the name is synonymous with the hobby to the extent that it can be described as a generic trademark. The company produces more than just 00 scale model trains however, with familiar products from the likes of Scalextric, Corgi, Airfix and Humbrol all coming under the…
Despite the internet connection in the new editors house making publishing a magazine impossible, and the memory on his laptop making all the images disappear on, during or after insertion, with thanks to the University of York library’s WiFi (once he could eventually work out how to connect to it!), here for your reading pleasure…
This evening the A1 steam trust released the sad news of the passing of Dorothy Mather, she was the president of the A1 Steam Trust and Arthur Peppercorns widow (designer of the Peppercorn A1s and A2s). From everyone at LocoYard our deepest thoughts and condolences go out to her family and to the A1 Trust…
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