The View From Locoyard – UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 23
Our friends at UK Heritage Hub have published the brilliant e-zine and as usual “The View From Locoyard” is in it! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!
A Growling Lion!
Some of you may have remembered a few weeks ago, the first ever diesel blog post to be published here on http://www.locoyard.com, with a promise that more would follow if it were popular… which it was! So here’s another!
Grosmont Loco Yard – 2011
Tonight we go back in time to 2011 and have a good look at the North York Moors Railway’s fantastic Loco yard. Grosmont is certainly one of my favourite places in the country when it comes to steam locomotive depots.
Kent and East Sussex Railway scans from the 1990’s
Today we publish the final set of never-before published scans of newly discovered pictures from the archive. These pictures are mainly from 1997 on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Enjoy!
Surrey Border and Camberley Railway
Today’s entry in the Steam Diary is a celebration of a lost miniature railway held this weekend at Eastleigh’s Lakeside Steam Railway.
1994 Bluebell Railway Scans
Another short blog post tonight, with some scanned photographs taken on the Bluebell Railway in 1994. These pictures have not been published before.
1997 Watercress Line Scans
Just a short blog post tonight, with some scanned photographs taken on the Watercress Line in 1997. These pictures have not been published before. I was particularly pleased to find a picture of S15 class 30506 in steam (see below.)
Rolvenden Loco Yard
Rounding off the series of blog posts looking at the Kent and East Sussex Railway is a look in the loco yard at Rolvenden. Of particular note was the line’s only tender engine – 376 Norwegian, which has recently returned to service.
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…
Tenterden Terrier
Terrier tank engine’s are fantastic locomotive’s and seeing one in action is always a pleasure. Tenterden is one of the best places to experience this, with two examples available in working order. It is no wonder that the Kent and East Sussex Railway named their journal “Tenterden Terrier” in recognition of this. 1872 built 32670…
Loco Yard 