Model of the Week – Ex-SR N class – 31874

Welcome to Locoyard’s Model of the Week Blog Post! The N class was a successful and

Bachmann Ex-LMS Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 Class Model Review

Known to some as the Flying or Mucky Pig, Ivatt’s 4MT is considered by many as an ugly prototype. It has a high running plate and looks American-esq looks. Despite this, it is type that has always appealed and as such a member of the class sits in the Locoyard model fleet. Today we review…

Unique Western in the South East

The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) is home to the only surviving Hawksworth 16xx pannier tank class – 1638.

The View From Locoyard – UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 22

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

Bachmann BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 Class Model Review

BR Standard classes are popular model prototypes, so much so that in the 2013 MREmag and RMweb Poll, the two most wished for classes of 00 scale steam locomotive were standard classes (the 2MT and 3MT 2-6-0’s). But even with that said, it was a surprise to many when Hornby announced it was going to…

A Heavy Tank at home on a Light Railway – 56xx 6619 at Tenterden Town

The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) was the first and is still one of the best known light railway’s in the UK. Built by Colonel Holman F. Stephens;

Secundus

Today’s blog post is the final report from a visit to the Swanage Railway and is of a remarkable narrow gauge locomotive that can be found on display at Corfe Castle Museum.

Model of the Week – Ex-LBSCR A1X Terrier Tank 3 Bodiam

Today’s model of the week is one of Locoyard’s collection of Ex-LBSCR A1X terrier’s – in fact it is actually 2 of the collection, as both a Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) and BR liveried versions are here for the time being. As with many locomotive’s of this vintage, the prototype has quite a…

BR Standard 4MT Tank and other Swanage Railway Stock

Today we almost round-off the report from last week’s visit to the Swanage Railway, with a few pictures of BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80104 and other stock, including brake vans and cranes.