Our partners at UK Heritage Hub have just published the ever fantastic e-zine full of brilliant articles from a wide variety of authors. As usual, “The View From Locoyard” features, amongst these! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!
Every now and then, it’s worth checking out http://www.locoyard.com and looking through the webpages, as there is plenty of content. Over 3000 images, 40 web pages and over 580 blog posts with a variety of topics on heritage and model railways can be found. The blog started life as a model railway diary and to…
Tonight’s blog post is both a reminder to download and checkout UK Heritage Hub’s latest ezine (click here to download and read it) and also a note that submissions for Issue 27 are still open – the deadline for which is 9th September. If there is a topic or article that you would like to…
Closely related to Ivatt’s 4MT 2-6-0, the BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 class was a useful locomotive used in most regions, with the exception of the west. 115 were produced, 17 of them with a larger BR1B tender for the Southern region. The model reviewed here is catalogue reference 32-952. Without further ado, here’s the locoyard…
Today’s model of the week is another of Locoyard’s collection of LBSCR A1X terrier’s. This time, it is arguably the most famous terrier of them all…
Our partners at UK Heritage Hub have just published the ever fantastic e-zine full of brilliant articles from a wide variety of authors. As usual, “The View From Locoyard” features, amongst these! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!
The National Railway Museum’s LSWR M7 tank is one of two members of the once 105 strong class of M7 tank.
As promised when we looked at posters, railwayana and other details (click here for more) at Buckfastleigh, this is the report looking at a site visit to Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway, that include photographs of 1366 class pannier tank 1369 in steam, as well as other locomotives, both steam and diesel..
Today we feature one of three Southern liveried M7 tank engine’s to be found at Locoyard. So let’s look at this 0-4-4 Tank Engine!
It’s funny how certain moments in your life stand out and become memorable. Over the years I’ve had the privilege of seeing many steam locomotives, but one in particular is seeing 92220 Evening Star in steam on the North York Moors Railway. At the time I was very young and Evening Star seemed to be…
Loco Yard 