Following a previous blog post on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s O2 class W24 Calbourne, we have a brief look at other locomotives that can be found at Havenstreet. Firstly we have the unique E1 class that was reported on before (click here for more), however since then it has been re-named Yarmouth.
This locomotive is a special machine to me. It’s not just that it is the only survivor of a Victorian class of steam engine or that has strong ties with the Isle of Wight – a place without I wouldn’t have Mrs Locoyard who puts up with me! This locomotive was one that had eluded…
On a visit to the Isle of Wight last Saturday, I briefly stopped at Havenstreet on the Steam Railway.
There are currently three examples of this model in working condition in the Locoyard collection, all DCC chipped; one with a minor modification, another more so – with a Golden Arrow bunker extension kit fitted (below). In fact I’ve also got another two models; one is broken for spares and I’ve owned 2 others in…
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…
We continue looking at Christmas Steam, but this time look at a very wet Havenstreet on the Isle of Wight. War Department Hunslet Austerity WD198 Royal Engineer was in charge of services (above). Although a Santa Special, Santa was not to be found on
Many of you may have found through reading in the press that the only surviving LBSCR E1 class has moved from
The previous post in this series described how the ball started rolling in my interest in steam resurfacing again. My wife-to be and I went on frequent fantastic adventures around the country that often resulted in visiting a steam railway or two. Not surprisingly the steam interest started to gain some momentum! These brief forays…
Most of the readers of the Locoyard blog must be very confused that the final part of “my journey in becoming a steam enthusiast” involved me giving up being an enthusiast and finishing the final part in an overly melodramatic fashion! How could that possibly be the end of the journey? Well, in short, it…
As promised in the previous article on the Isle of Wight steam railway, we take a closer look at Havenstreet, the headquarters of the railway. Most people join the train at Havenstreet and it has a large car park. It isn’t the terminus of the railway however and the train will travel to Wootton, return…
Loco Yard 