Originally posted on NVR Wagon Group:
It’s been quite some time but an opportunity has finally arisen to start posting some of the backlog of updates that have accumulated over the last few months. A lot of progress has been made since the last update, with completion now firmly in sight – below is a…
I haven’t written anything about the GWSR’s plans recently, so seeing as lots has been happening on all three main fronts in the last few months I thought an update was due. First of all on the station rebuild which has steadily been progressing, the extended platforms are now nearly finished, and they will be…
The First World War officially ended on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918 – Armistice Day. The act of a Two Minute Silence began on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1919 by those who did not want to forget the millions killed, injured and affected. Now generally called…
Yesterday an announcement was made, that for many wasn’t a shock. A ready to run 00 scale Adams Radial Tank model is to be produced, something that has been expected for quite some time, as the class has consistently scored highly on various polls and wish lists. But what was quite incredible was who made…
Originally posted on Fifteen Flatout:
In a shed at the end of a siding lived the locomotive of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Society Limited which was a long name for a little engine so her friends called her Countess. Countess In The Loco Shed I was rostered as driver on Saturday 25th…
Being one of Swindon’s finest express locomotive’s, this locomotive was arguably the headliner of the Watercress Line’s Autumn Spring Steam Gala. 5029 Nunney Castle was a prestigious visitor of the event. The castle class is a classic Great Western express machine. Although superceded in power by the later King class, it’s greater route availability kept…
Originally posted on Calling All Stations:
I’ve always thought the OO Gauge resin buildings (like those in the Skaledale range) look rather splendid. But now I’m starting to add more lighting features to my layout – like street lamps and retro fitting rolling stock with LEDs, some of those cracking looking buildings are starting to look…
Remember, remember the 5th of Movember! In 2012 and 2013 we ran a Movember campaign here on Locoyard, where we encouraged followers to add a “Mo” (mustache) to their model locomotives. Although we are not running the campaign this year, we nevertheless would like to help raise awareness of the cause.
When it is a Modified Hall of course! Hawksworth’s Great Western Railway Modified Hall at first glance is similar to Collett’s Hall, but interestingly in some respects it was rather radical and broke the railway’s usual practice of design for two cylinder locomotives.
You may have heard the term “coffee pot” to describe a steam engine with a verticle boiler, or as a nickname for Bulleid’s Q1 class. However, this locomotive proved to be a coffee shaker…
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