Throughout March 2013, we were accepting nominations for a shortlist of the “most famous steam locomotives” to put together a poll to find the winner. Today after 118 different nominations; the shortlist is revealed!
Sir Lamiel was one of the highlights of the Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala 2013
Tonight we have a very special blog post, pictures and text are brought to you from of Thomas Barnes. Thomas has kindly written a piece about Australia’s Most Famous Locomotive – NSWGR C 3801. Thomas can be found on Facebook (click here) and the locomotive has a Group page (click here) so after reading this…
This time last year on Locoyard, a blog post was published on the “Cockney Coronation Society“. This was, of course an April fools Day joke! However, not wanting to be too predictable there is no April Fools Day joke here this year, but a lighthearted blog post none-the-less!
Nominations can no longer be submitted to go through to the vote for most famous steam locomotive. The poll will go live in the evening of Thursday 4th April. Many thanks for all your submissions!
Nominations are now closed – click here to vote!
UK Heritage Hub have just published another fantastic newsletter and as usual “The View From Locoyard” is in it! Enjoy! Click here to download and read it!
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!
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!
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.
Loco Yard 