Black 5 – Black Soot!

Tonight we have the last back-dated blog post from the North York Moors Railway in 2011, featuring ex-LMS Black 5 class 45428 Eric Treacy at Grosmont.

BR Standard 4MT class 2-6-0 76079 – 2011

Tonight’s star is BR Standard class 76079, a locomotive that is in the locoyard fleet of 00 scale models (click here to read a special feature on the model). This locomotive’s mainline performances earned it the nickname the “Pocket Rocket” and it was this locomotive that brought me back to the hobby in 2009. These…

Grosmont Loco Yard – 2011

Tonight we go back in time to 2011 and have a good look at the North York Moors Railway’s fantastic Loco yard. Grosmont is certainly one of my favourite places in the country when it comes to steam locomotive depots.

B473 – Ex-LBSCR E4 Class 0-6-2 Tank

Saturday 23rd March 2013 will see the re-opening of the rail link between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead.

BR Standard 9F Class 92212 – Mid-Hants Spring Gala 2011

Following from the blog post on GWR 3717 City of Truro, we return to the Watercress Line’s Spring steam gala of 2011

City of Truro – Mid-Hants Spring Gala 2011

Those who have read Locoyard’s article in issue 17 of UK Heritage Hub’s newsletter, may have noticed a previously unpublished photograph of the City of Truro!

Stanier 8F 2-8-0 8624 at Loughborough 2011

In November last year, a few pictures taken of 4953 Pitchford Hall were published, today we (finally!) complete looking at the brief visit to Loughborough in 2011.

Bad Weather!

Today’s Bad Weather has given a good excuse to publish a few pictures taken in 2011 of Ropley on the Watercress Line, in terrible weather conditions. Rather than snow, it was torrential rain on the day which made for some great

Black 5 – 45428 Eric Treacy – NYMR (Whitby)

Tonight we go back to 2011 to see ex-LMS Black 5 class 45428 at Whitby about to begin pulling the “Yorkshire Coast Express” to Pickering. This locomotive is named after the famous railway photographer