Good evening, Whoever said working with steam locomotives was a glamorous job needs to have a work with me after our teams efforts over the last couple of weeks. Since my last post in November I have working on Canadian Pacific several times but with the main tasks focused around scrapping the dirt off the…
Continuing our summary of 2014 we look at Heritage Railway articles, of which there are lots, so make a cup of tea, coffee (or whatever you wish) and read on! 2014 was a year of many commemorations and anniversaries. One such anniversary was the ten year anniversary of the “Last Thump” when the venerable class…
Following on and related to this morning’s final and very special Advent Calendar blog post, we have an exciting announcement from the UK Heritage Hub Team! Please go to https://locoyard.com/heritage-railways/gwili-steam-gala/ or click on the picture above to find out more! Also, if you’ve tuned in a little late, it’s not too late to open today’s advent calendar blog…
Please note that this article is out of date as of April 15th 2015. Please click here for the latest version. It is difficult to keep track (excuse the pun) of 00 scale model announcements. It wasn’t too long ago that a summary was put together here on locoyard, but within a short space…
Good evening, Todays post is rather special as it will be the first one I have done since I have completed my first year volunteering on the Mid Hants. My actual first year was completed at the end of September but with my wife giving birth to my second child in September, yesterday was the…
Being a fan of the old Southern Railway, the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway has always been a line that has caught my attention in books and in the media. The Southern Railway’s history is largely a progressive one – a tale of early electrification and suburbanisation. The thought of this company owning and running a…
While the Nene Valley Railway is famous for its international locomotives and famous guest locos for their galas, with the names of Tornado, Bitten and Flying Scotsman just to name a few, many of the industrial locomotives can be left out. Well, that changed with the Nene Valley Railway Small Loco Group, which aims to…
Today marks an important day for this website, for it marks the first time that we have been able to sing the praises for model trains in a national campaign! Today John Lewis Insurance, as part of their Your Toy Story campaign features the train set and so, in our unique way we will explore why we…
Good evening, Today marks the fifty anniversary of the last ever “Atlantic Coast Express” when 34023 Blackmoor Vale left Padstow heading for London Waterloo on the 5th September 1964. One of the most famous named trains in British Railways that had for so long linked London with the holiday locations on the North Cornwall’s Atlantic Coast had ceased…
It’s been a long time coming, but we have at last updated the look of the website. 5 featured blog posts will now appear on the top of the screen, but if you scroll down the home page you will soon see all the other blog posts in age order (newest first). The old look…
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