Happy Bonfire Night from Locoyard
Just a quick blog post this evening to wish all Locoyard followers a Happy Bonfire Night! I hope you all have or are enjoying this season’s fireworks 🙂
Thomas the Tank Engine takes part in Movember!
Click Here to find out more about Movember and how one of your really useful engines can take part!
Bachmann 49xx Hall DCC Fitting Guide
As some of you guessed correctly, Locoyard’s ghost train in the Halloween blog post was indeed a Bachmann 00 scale GWR Hall class. 4936 Kinlet Hall is going to be put through it’s paces before long, but in the meantime we learn how to fit a DCC chip to
Happy Halloween from Locoyard!
The most horrible Halloween Blog Post has been left for Halloween Day. A terribly painted 0-6-0 is named Pumpkin, before being broken for parts. All that’s left is to say is “Happy Halloween to all Locoyard followers!”
Ghost Train
The third Halloween Entry is a yet-to-be introduced member of the Locoyard fleet making a spectral debut!
Locoyard’s Giant Pumpkin!
The second Halloween Entry is a giant pumpkin at the station. Reports that this is in fact a satsuma are as yet, unconfirmed!
Black 13 – Halloween Coven at Locoyard
In the first of a series of Halloween themed blog posts, we see a new gathering at Locoyard of all 13
Rebuilt Battle of Britain Class 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
Last week saw the last of a series posts charting my steam adventures of my youth which are charted in the About page. So that there is some continuity and to pick up the Steam Diary where the About page finishes comes a few posts from a visit to the Bluebell Railway in 2009. We…
Hornby Rebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain class review
One of the last gap’s in Locoyard’s reviews of Southern models is the unrebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain pacific. So hopefully this review will wrap things up nicely! Class: Rebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain class Use: Express Passenger and
Bodmin General Station – 2010
Another addition to the Steam Diary is a brief visit to Bodmin General, early on 17th July 2010, when Beattie Well-Tank 30587 was
Loco Yard 