Love is in the air!
Love is in the air; on Facebook ‘Model Railway Blogs’ group page! Model Railway enthusiasts are sharing their most loved model locomotive to stand a chance of winning a prize. To learn more, please read on….
Competition Reminder! Tell us the Locomotive Model you most love!
Do not forget that Brookes Castle and Locoyard are holding a competition with a prize for members of Facebook Group ‘Model Railway Blogs’. If you do not belong to this group yet; please sign up! The competition is simple – we want to see
The Locomotive Model YOU most love?
February is the month of Valentines Day and to mark it, Brookes Castle and Locoyard are holding a competition with a prize for members of Facebook Group ‘Model Railway Blogs’. If you do not belong to this group yet; please do to have a chance at winning the prize! The competition is simple – we…
Sheffield Park Engine Shed 2011
Tonight’s Blog Post is a slideshow of pictures
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…
UK Heritage Hub Newsletter Issue 16
UK Heritage Hub have just published their sixteenth newsletter and it is a cracker! Locoyard.com warmly recommends the UK Heritage Hub’s free e-magazine magazine to all its followers. Click here to view it. Unfortunately due to a lack of recent material, locoyard were unable to supply any content this time, but hope to for next…
Stanier 8F 2-8-0 8624 at Loughborough 2011
In November last year, a few pictures taken of 4953 Pitchford Hall were published, today we (finally!) complete looking at the brief visit to Loughborough in 2011.
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
Black 5 – 45428 Eric Treacy – NYMR (Whitby)
Tonight we go back to 2011 to see ex-LMS Black 5 class 45428 at Whitby about to begin pulling the “Yorkshire Coast Express” to Pickering. This locomotive is named after the famous railway photographer
Loco Yard 