Just a quick update tonight, as I’m sure many of you will, like me be watching England play in the Euro’s! This weekend I shall be adding more pictures scanned in from the Bluebell Railway in the 1990’s and will also be doing a short peice on Exbury Gardens steam railway. I am also rather…
Just a quick post today. En-route to visit family I stopped at Basingstoke to see 4464 Bittern arrive. Originally 6201 Princess Elizabeth was scheduled to take the service, but she failed yesterday. Fortunately her super-sub was more than capable of taking its spot. I had hoped to meet Simon of Brookes Castle at Eastleigh, but unfortunately…
Class: Rebuilt Merchant Navy Use: Express Passenger and Goods Region: Southern Era: 1956-1967 Preserved examples: 35005 Canadian Pacific, Watercress Line (Mid-Hants Railway) 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N.Co., Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway 35009 Shaw Savill,East LancashireRailway 35010 Blue Star, British Enginemen’s Steam Preservation Society,ColneValleyRailway 35011 General Steam Navigation,Sellindge,Kent 35018British IndiaLine,SouthCoastSteam,Portland 35022 Holland-America Line,East LancashireRailway 35025 Brocklebank…
Today marked a minor but significant achievement for my collection – the last working model was DCC chipped. This does not mean that all of my models are chipped – there are various projects that will require DCC chips (not to mention working motors, chassis etc!) The last to be chipped was my Hornby A4 4468 Mallard.…
Loco Yard 