Busy Christmas Scenes at Ropley
Today’s Blog Post is a selection of Santa Special pictures and scenes from around the site taken
Christmas at Medstead and Four Marks
A selection of Christmas scenes from Medstead and Four Marks, Saturday 15th December 2012. There’s still time submit your pictures to be published on Locoyard.com on Christmas Day! Click here for more details.
Santa’s Other Train – 925 Cheltenham on the Mid-Hants Railway
Hauling Heavy Santa Services this December on the Watercress Line with U class 31806 has been the National Collection’s
December – Ropley Locoyard
A quick post tonight to round off last Saturday’s visit to the Watercress Line. After soaking in the festive atmosphere at Alresford; last Saturday’s visit ended (as it often does!) with a visit to
Winter Scenes at a real Loco Yard
After several locomotives having returned from visits to other railways, Ropley loco yard is back to looking
The Autumn Steam Spectacular 2012! Mid-Hants Gala, 2012
Yet another fantastic steam gala was held at the Watercress Line this weekend. The whole line was constant hive of activity, with seven locomotives (and one crane) in steam; working a variety of services, some double-headed plus demonstration freight services. There was also plenty on static display too; including a visitor from the National Railway…
Watercress Autumn Steam Spectacular 2012 Locomotive Line-Up – Updated
This Friday 7th to Sunday 8th September is an important weekend for the Southern steam enthusiast as it is the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Spectacular. In antcipation of this; today we look at the planned steam locomotive line-up for the event, in order of build date. UPDATED 4th September – S15 class 825 has been withdrawn and…
Schools Class V – 925 Cheltenham at Ropley
In a change to the scheduled post, tonight I wanted to share with my followers my first proper look of recently restored Schools class 925 Cheltenham, that I was fortunate to catch today in a rather sunny Ropley loco yard. Restored to working order in Eastleigh works (the locomotive’s birthplace) in just two years; it…
Hornby Schools Class V Review (super detail version)
As the number of models reviewed here at Locoyard increases, the Loco Model Reviews Page receives a regular level of hits. Interestingly it is not necessarily the latest reviews that are looked at the most, presumably people thinking of purchasing a model seek out a review. The key here is to have a good selection…
Four Marks Model Railway Exhibition 2012
This small but very friendly model railway exhibition was small but very enjoyable. It gave a real opportunity to get close to the layouts and have a chat with
Loco Yard 