Some of you may have noticed that during the past few week’s; blog posts have been published that have looked at each of the nominated steam locomotives that were in the poll to find the most famous steam locomotive. Today we bring all these blog posts together in the Locoyard Hall of Fame…
On a visit to the Isle of Wight last Saturday, I briefly stopped at Havenstreet on the Steam Railway.
Please vote and share this poll! This poll is now closed. Results will be announced on 10th May in issue 21 of UK Heritage Hub. Contenders for the award of most famous steam locomotive are… The First “Modern” Steam locomotive:
The day after catching the Real Ale Train (click here for more); I had a brief stop in Bowers Grove Lane to watch schools class 925 Cheltenham (above) and 850 Lord Nelson (below) pass.
By now I’m sure many of you have heard the exciting news of high speed steam in 2013! A4 pacific 4464 Bittern has been given special dispensation to run at 90MPH to coincide with the 75 anniversary of classmate 4468 Mallard breaking the world steam record.
Today we add yet another 00 scale model review to the Loco Model Reviews Page. This one is a very important addition – a type is of LMS origin, that could be found almost anywhere on the UK rail network doing almost anything asked of it! Without further ado, let’s look at Hornby’s super-detailed version…
Prior to catching the Real Ale Train (click here for more); I had a quick look at Ropley loco yard to see what was going on. As usual there was plenty to see!
Those of you who follow me on twitter (@LocoYard) will know that on 20th April, Mrs Locoyard and I had a fantastic evening on board the Watercress Line’s “Real Ale Train!” Although the railway is not a million miles from where we live,
There are currently three examples of this model in working condition in the Locoyard collection, all DCC chipped; one with a minor modification, another more so – with a Golden Arrow bunker extension kit fitted (below). In fact I’ve also got another two models; one is broken for spares and I’ve owned 2 others in…
Loco Yard 