Nick Littlewood has sent some more images of the Golden Arrow from two sources – The Book of Railways by Arthur Groom 1950 (above and below) and from The Railway Magazine Feb 1974 (bottom). Advertisements
Nick Littlewood has been kind enough to send a scanned copy of a 1950’s postcard of the Golden Arrow, that had to be shared! What a fantastic illustration! They don’t make them like that any more!
Resisting the urge to feature 850 Lord Nelson again this week, today’s model of the week is (as you can see from the picture below) a lot smaller! It is of course, one of Locoyard’s fleet of A1X Terrier tank engine’s; W11 Newport. Believe it or not, William Stroudley’s A1 terrier class were designed to…
The Bluebell Railway has an incredible fleet of rolling stock. Most are based at Horsted Keynes; but a trip to Sheffield Park still provides an ample opportunity to view some of these. Today we have closer look at
The London Brighton and South Coast Railway’s A1/A1X terrier is a popular locomotive class for Southern region modellers. Nicknamed terriers because of their small size; relative power and the locomotive’s terrier like bark; they were to be found in use from 1872 into late BR days. Their light weight made them indispensible on light branch lines, including…
After receiving much feedback from the article; Gild the Golden Arrow, I decided to have a go at making a movie of the train. Admittedly my camera doesn’t produce the best quality results and my skills at editing are at a beginners level, so please treat it gently! As you can see, I have now…
After much time, I have finally got round to adding the “Golden Arrow” Regalia to Hornby 70004 William Shakespeare. I also fitted a vacuum pipe, coupling hook and
