The Most Famous Steam Locomotive?
Please click here or on the pictures below to find out more details on how to vote for the most famous steam locomotive in the world!
Gallery of Non-Runners!
Tonight’s blog post is a little unusual! To fill in some of the blank spaces in the “Loco Models“ page, I’ve taken a few pictures of ongoing and future projects that could add some variety to the Locoyard fleet! Enjoy!
Medstead Wagon Gang
A memorable part of the day at the the Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala 2013 was a tour of the Medstead Wagon Works.
The Science Museum
It was a visit to the Science Museum in London that sparked the quest to find the most famous steam locomotive (click here to read more). However despite that, there had yet to be a proper article on the three locomotives to be found there, so here (at last!) it is!
The Most Famous Steam Locomotive?
Until the end of March 2013, we were accepting nominations for locomotives considered to be the most famous! This competition was started in UK Heritage Hub’s e-magazine (Click here to download and read it). A poll is now live for all nominated entries – click here to vote!
Locoyard Model Fleet Stock List
After a lot of time, the Locoyard model fleet page has finally been updated. This was most popular page of the website in 2012; however it became too big and corrupted so had to be closed. Hopefully we will not have the same problems this time! Not only is it better functioning, but it should…
B473 – Ex-LBSCR E4 Class 0-6-2 Tank
Saturday 23rd March 2013 will see the re-opening of the rail link between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead.
The Most Famous Steam Locomotive?
Please click here or on the pictures above to find out more details on how to nominate the most famous steam locomotive in the world!
The View From Locoyard – UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 18
UK Heritage Hub have just published newsletter edition 18 and in it is “The View From Locoyard” which has a new article and with it an opportunity for your input! Click here to download and read it!
Winner of the “Locomotive Model you most love” Competition!
As announced yesterday by Brookes Castle the competition with a prize for members of Facebook Group ‘Model Railway Blogs’ has been announced! The winning entry was Graeme Watson’s Sir Nigel Gresley, who has won the signed Thomas the Tank Engine Book from Brookes Castle. Click here to read more about Graeme’s Sir Nigel Gresley.…
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