Sheffield Park Engine Shed 2011
Tonight’s Blog Post is a slideshow of pictures
First visit to the Watercress Line 2013 part 2 – Ropley
Last Sunday, after exploring Alton (click here to read that article) I dropped into Ropley. As ever, there was much going on there;
First visit to the Watercress Line 2013 – Chasing a Schools Class and Exploring Alton
December 2012 was an excellent steam-filled month, with three visits to the Watercress Line, two mainline tours and a visit to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (see the Steam Diary to read more). With the exception of a visit to Eastleigh’s miniature railway (click here to read), January has been much quieter, but today’s…
UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 16
UK Heritage Hub have just published their sixteenth newsletter and it is a cracker! Locoyard.com warmly recommends the UK Heritage Hub’s free e-magazine magazine to all its followers. Click here to view it. Unfortunately due to a lack of recent material, locoyard were unable to supply any content this time, but hope to for next…
Hornby Type 7 Motor Standard Chassis 0-6-0 DCC Fitting Guide
The standard 0-6-0 chassis with type 7 motor has for some time been used in a lot of Hornby model locomotives! The list of models below may not be 100% complete, but covers some of the major types where it is used. Hornby models using the Type 7 0-6-0 chassis:
Stanier 8F 2-8-0 8624 at Loughborough 2011
In November last year, a few pictures taken of 4953 Pitchford Hall were published, today we (finally!) complete looking at the brief visit to Loughborough in 2011.
Locoyard is now on Facebook!
Today’s Blog Post has been published a lot earlier in the day than usual, but to let you all know that after much time only being here at locoyard.com and Twitter, you can now find locoyard on Facebook! For those on Facebook (presuming this blog post link works!), check out locoyard.com – there is a…
Bad Weather!
Today’s Bad Weather has given a good excuse to publish a few pictures taken in 2011 of Ropley on the Watercress Line, in terrible weather conditions. Rather than snow, it was torrential rain on the day which made for some great
Locoyard’s 1st Anniversary!
Today’s celebration is actually a day late, as yesterday marked Locoyard’s first anniversary of
Bachmann SDJR 7F 2-8-0 Class Review
There have been almost two months of teasers that this model would be reviewed soon – so here it is – the S&DJR Bachmann 7F 2-8-0!
Loco Yard 