City of Truro – Mid-Hants Spring Gala 2011

Those who have read Locoyard’s article in issue 17 of UK Heritage Hub’s newsletter, may have noticed a previously unpublished photograph of the City of Truro!

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…

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

Apple Green 60163 Tornado – 2010

In anticipation of the review of Bachmann’s model of 60163 Tornado; today we look at few pictures of the real 2008 built beast, taken 22nd August 2010.

Sleeping Giants at Ropley

With the excuse of taking more pictures of Christmas steam (for material for the Locoyard Advent Calendar!) , last Sunday I spent a few hours on the Watercress Line. It was a fairly gloomy day, which really added to the already ample

December – Ropley Locoyard

A quick post tonight to round off last Saturday’s visit to the Watercress Line. After soaking in the festive atmosphere at Alresford; last Saturday’s visit ended (as it often does!) with a visit to

Festive Steam

Being the first weekend of December, last Saturday was the first day of Santa Specials on preserved lines around the country. Eager to take some pictures for the Locoyard Advent Calendar entries, I made my way to the Watercress Line to capture some festive

Santa Special!

As we come towards the end of November (and not to mention Movember), we approach December and Santa Special season. This is Locoyard.com’s first Christmas season and as with many seasonal events, we will be celebrating here! “And how?” I hear you ask – well we start 1st December at 6AM (GMT) with day 1…