La’al Ratty in olde Cumbrian dialect means Little Railway and is an affectionate name of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. It might be a little railway, but it has a very big heart and was the biggest revelation for me on my recent trip to the Lake District. This 15in gauge railway deserves a lot…
Continuing with the reports from my trip to north west England, today we reveal the mystery blue tank engine! Painted in a colour scheme not too dissimilar to Thomas the tank engine is the rather chunky looking Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T 1245; a member of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway’s fleet. We will look at it in more…
Last Friday I published a little teaser that we would be featuring a few lines not covered before on LocoYard. As mentioned in the latest UK Heritage Hub ezine, this was due to a holiday in the north west of England. My wife and I were blessed by fantastic weather on our trip and the…
The brand new UKHH E-zine (Issue 53) has been released today, 30th April, and is ready to download and read at your leisure. To find the magazine follow the link in the text or type it into your browser. Issue 53 – http://bit.ly/ukhhissue53 It works on smart phones and tablets too, so you’ll be able…
The 0415 Adams Radial Tank has been hitting the headlines in model railway circles rather a lot recently and with two 00 scale models on the horizon, it’s easy to see why. On locoyard we have looked at the type in quite some depth earlier in the year (click here to read) and also some…
Tonight we have a very special guest blog post from a fantastic artist, Stephen Bedser. Stephen has previously written for LocoYard and today we are at his final part of his mini series on how his does his paintings. To catch up on his previous posts you can new find it on his own dedicated page…
After a successful autumn gala, based on the Great Western Railway, the North Yorkshire Railway planned to turn to the Western Region for inspiration once again for their Spring Steam Gala, held between the 17th and 26th April. Unfortunately, with 4936 ‘Kintlet Hall’ deemed out of gauge on the Esk Valley line between Battersby and…
Tonight we have an update of a previous blog post, that reported on the announcement from Locomotion Models that a model of the GNR Single is to be produced. Many thanks to Simon Kohler for supplying images of the National Railway Museum’s locomotive with both tender variations. Please click here or on the picture above…
The Isle of Wight Steam Railways latest attraction is the newly built Train Story museum, the £1.2 million project which was funded by the Hertiage Lottery and opened to the public in April 2014. Train Story is a huge exhibition space, enabling the Railway’s truly impressive historic collection of locomotives, Victorian and Edwardian carriages and…
Tonight is just a small glimpse of what to expect on locoyard in the next week or so. After a few days away, I shall be reporting on at least 3 railways never before featured on locoyard. Details will follow in due course, but for now here’s a little teaser with a particularly attractive blue…
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