Good evening, Regular readers might remember that in May 2014, Dave visited the Watercress Line where Britannia had just had her forward driving wheels removed in the Ropley wheel drop. He jokingly called her the “BR Standard Atlantic” and that nickname has stuck. However after some hard work and elbow grease this week she is no…
Originally posted on Bristol Harbour Railway Blog:
The Xmas steam up event was a success, with all tickets selling out. Rich Skuse and Zoe Robinson were among the lucky people to try their hand at driving ‘Portbury’ and the Steam Crane. Rich has kindly allowed these photos to be reproduced here!
Looks very interesting, the next demo is on 14th February
Good evening, Today is part 3 of my mini series looking at the layouts that were on display at the South Hants Model Railway Club 2012 Exhibition. I uploaded the first 2 parts before Christmas and forgot about the third, so today I am catching up so up first we have: – Portskerra Up first…
Tonight’s blog post is a quick update from the post earlier in the week in regards to the Bluebell Railway’s latest locomotive news in respect to the overhaul of 73082 Camelot. We’re pleased to report that the locomotive’s boiler has passed its’ steam test at Crewe, with further details on the society’s website http://www.73082-camelot.com.
With the creation of the new Model Railway’s Exhibition page I thought it would be a great time to upload some photos from exhibitions I attended before I started writing for LocoYard.com. So today we are looking at the Victory Model Railway Clubs 2013 Exhibition. So up first we have: – St Vincent Road –…
The Bluebell Railway has an impressive fleet of locomotives, many being unique surviving prototypes of a number of classes. Since the northern extension has been completed, the railway has been able to direct fundraising initiatives to catch up on overhauls and repairs. Today we have a look at some of the latest loco news from…
Good evening, The last few days I have been searching through the LocoYard archives to find all the posts about the various Model Railway Exhibitions we have been to and create a new page specially for them. Its located unsurprisingly on the Model Railways tab, for each show we have created a slideshow of the…
Today this blog celebrates its’ third birthday! Three years ago a model railway diary went online and since then it has evolved into the site you see today. Many thanks to all of you who have helped in making http://www.locoyard.com; the blog of UK Heritage Hub, such an enjoyable experience. We celebrate today with a…
Icons of Steam have recently published their report of 2014 and plans for 2015. The report contains a video of 4464 Bittern’s last mainline run on its current boiler ticket and a link to details of how the LNER A4 class will spend 2015 running on the Watercress Line.
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