The National Railway Museum have published details of plans for the world’s most famous steam locomotive’s first year of operation after completion of its major overhaul. According to the latest official Flying Scotsman overhaul blog entry* to-date (as this article is published,) Riley and Sons still plan to complete the Flying Scotsman’s overhaul later this…
Whilst the Great Gathering event was taking place in York, another ex-LNER locomotives were unable to join in with the celeberations. The Flying Scotsman, the world’s most famous steam locomotive could be seen in the NRM workshops. Withdrawn from service in 2006; the Flying Scotsman has been undergoing one of the most controversial restorations of…
After seeing The Great Gathering at the National Railway Museum, York (click here to read more), what better way was there to continue the celebrations than going home with a bottle of Flying Scotsman and a bottle of Mallard Beer! So here is a vague attempt at a taste test, just in case any of…
Welcome to Locoyard’s Model of the Week Blog Post! This week’s model is of a very famous locomotive!
It probably didn’t take long to guess that after my previous blog post on the influence that the South Devon Railway had in my journey in becoming a steam enthusiast that the next would be on the Paignton and Dartmouth steam railway. Hopefully the presence of a brunswick green A3 class pacific wasn’t quite as predictable! Ever…
Resurrecting a previous thread is a picture of the display cabinet of three speed locomotives that are famous for their speed. 3440 City of Truro is allegedly the first steam locomotive to go faster than 100mph, 4472 The Flying Scotsman holds the official record for 100mph, whilst 4468 Mallard holds the world steam record…
Loco Yard 