The View From Locoyard – UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 20

UK Heritage Hub have just published another brilliant newsletter and as usual “The View From Locoyard” is in it! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!

Reminder Everyone! Vote For The Most Famous Steam Locomotive!

This poll is now closed. Results will be announced on 10th May in issue 21 of UK Heritage Hub.

100,000 Views Special!

Last Thursday, http://www.locoyard.com hit and passed a 100,000 views milestone! Thank you to all followers and contributors of this blog, who have all helped do this. To celebrate, a slideshow of photographs of real steam engines has been put together below. So sit back and enjoy the show!

BR Standard 7MT Britannia Class 70013 Oliver Cromwell

BR Standard 7MT class 70013 Oliver Cromwell is a very popular locomotive in operation on the mainline, so much so that it has managed to find it’s way onto the poll to find the most famous steam locomotive of all time (voting is now closed). Unfortunately I have yet to see this locomotive myself, so…

A Blog Post for Harry Potter Fans! The Hogwarts Express – 5972 Hogwarts Castle (Olton Hall)

JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series of books (and films) are hugely successful and popular. As with all good magical book’s; it features a steam engine (what could be more magical than a steam locomotive?!)

Bachmann GWR 56xx Tank Review

For the first time in a few weeks, it is time for a model review! This time, the subject is Bachmann’s 56xx 0-6-2T, which proves to be a big hit on Locoyard…

Please Reblog Me! Vote For The Most Famous Steam Locomotive!

This poll is now closed. Results will be announced on 10th May in issue 21 of UK Heritage Hub.

Vote For The Most Famous Steam Locomotive!

Throughout March 2013, we were accepting nominations for a shortlist of the “most famous steam locomotives” to put together a poll to find the winner. Today after 118 different nominations; the shortlist is revealed!

Southern Railways N15 King Arthur Class – 777 Sir Lamiel

Sir Lamiel was one of the highlights of the Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala 2013

Nominations for the most famous steam locomotive closed!

Nominations can no longer be submitted to go through to the vote for most famous steam locomotive. The poll will go live in the evening of Thursday 4th April. Many thanks for all your submissions!