It’s funny how certain moments in your life stand out and become memorable. Over the years I’ve had the privilege of seeing many steam locomotives, but one in particular is seeing 92220 Evening Star in steam on the North York Moors Railway. At the time I was very young and Evening Star seemed to be…
Our model of the week is BR standard 4MT class locomotive 75069. As usual, we shall be looking at the history of the prototype, illustrated by pictures of Bachmann’s model (click here for the model review).
One of the more recent additions to the Locoyard fleet is S&DJR 3F Jinty number 23. It will be reviewed in due course, but for the time being here is the guide to fit a DCC decoder.
The Bachmann Fairburn 4MT Tank engine is a favourite performer here at locoyard. It predates this blog, so a DCC fitting guide was never published before, however as the locomotive had a small decoder fitted but had space for a bigger one, I took the opportunity to replace it and publish this guide!
Known to some as the Flying or Mucky Pig, Ivatt’s 4MT is considered by many as an ugly prototype. It has a high running plate and looks American-esq looks. Despite this, it is type that has always appealed and as such a member of the class sits in the Locoyard model fleet. Today we review…
BR Standard classes are popular model prototypes, so much so that in the 2013 MREmag and RMweb Poll, the two most wished for classes of 00 scale steam locomotive were standard classes (the 2MT and 3MT 2-6-0’s). But even with that said, it was a surprise to many when Hornby announced it was going to…
At the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Spectacular 2012; the National Railway Museum’s Battle of Britain class 34051 Sir Winston Churchill was put on display at Alresford (click here to read more). Last Sunday; 34051 could be found at the railway again, this time in Ropley loco yard, outside the main works.
After the excitement of the holding the poll to find the most famous steam locomotive, today is time to play trains! I hope you enjoy these pictures of BR terrier 32670 with a high-window Maunsell carriage and luggage van.
Whilst searching to fill the missing BR standard 4MT gaps in the locoyard fleet, I stumbled upon an Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0. This is not a southern engine and in that respect quite out of place in the collection, but nevertheless it is an unusual addition to the fleet and a review of it will be…
Prior to catching the Real Ale Train (click here for more); I had a quick look at Ropley loco yard to see what was going on. As usual there was plenty to see!
Loco Yard 