15th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
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6th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
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Excitement Builds for the Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala 2014
Just a quick post tonight to mention that the Watercress Line will be holding their Autumn Steam Gala from 24-26th October 2014. The event will be covered here on locoyard by Simon and I in some detail! This year there is distinctly a western theme with four GWR visitors (14xx Tank 1450, Castle Class 5029 Nunney Castle,…
Fareham Railex 2014 – Part 1- Furth DB Museum and Broadwater Junction – Best of the N Gauge
Good evening, On Saturday I had the good fortune to attend Fareham & District Model Railway Clubs annual show called “Railex” held at Lakeside, Portsmouth. The show uns every year over the first weekend in October and is a very popular and well run event. Today I will be looking at 2 of the layouts on…
A Busy Watercress Festival 2014
The Watercress Festival in Alresford is one of those events that my wife and I try to put into the heritage railway diary. This is despite the fact that it’s not really a railway event as such, but an important one that the railway supports in a big way. The event is all about food…
Mid Hants Spring Steam Gala 2014 – Brookes Castles best shots
Over the last week or so Dave has been doing a great job of doing posts on all the locomotives that featured in this years Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala. I had the pleasure of attending the gala with Dave and got some good shots which I thought I’d share with you. This is actually…
Loco Yard 