Southern Locoyard Scenes

Just a quick post of three Southern scenes in today’s

Battle of Britain class 34067 Tangmere

A brief blog post tonight with a picture from 15th October 2011 of Battle of Britain class 34067 Tangmere on the return leg of a mainline excursion (The Swanage

A New Flush Glaze Project – Grafar Suburban Coaches

Some of the earliest posts on this blog looked at a Flush Glaze project to improve Bachmann Bulleid coaches. Ready installed Flush Glazing on ready to run models is a fairly modern phenomenon and in my eyes really makes a significant visual difference to the appearance of models. Although not quite as effective as the…

Locomotives on Display at Sheffield Park – part 1

August’s visit to the Bluebell Railway proved to be one of the most productive visits to a preserved line for photographs. Arriving early, I spent some time with the tripod in the engine shed before the crowds arrived, taking photographs. Today we look through some of these

Hornby Bulleid Q1 Class Model Review

Following last week’s review of the Hunslet Austerity saddle tank; today we look at another Austerity design, this one more unloved than most! Bulleid’s 0-6-0 Q1 class was the most powerful 0-6-0 ever built in the UK. The design was very unconventional and gave it a unique appearance. Previous articles have been written on the…

Bachmann SR Pill Box Brake Van Review

Bachmann’s latest rolling stock release is of significant importance to the Southern modeller. This new super-detailed model of the SR Pill Box Brake Van is

Good Luck and thank you to all Locoyard followers! 34067 Tangmere

Seeing as there were a record number of hits to Locoyard website yesterday, I thought it not fair to give you all no blog post update today. Unfortunately I’m still unwell, so it’s a short one! Here are a couple of pictures of

Ashford Open Day 1992 – Prologue to My Journey in becoming a Steam Enthusiast

The series of posts about my journey in becoming a steam enthusiast was missing a few parts, mainly due to a lack of photographs, however I have just found a few more pictures of an early memory that

Rolling Stock on the Bluebell Railway

The Bluebell Railway has an incredible fleet of rolling stock. Most are based at Horsted Keynes; but a trip to Sheffield Park still provides an ample opportunity to view some of these. Today we have closer look at

SECR C Class 592 on the Bluebell Railway

After looking at Ex-LBSCR E4 class B473 and Southern U class 1638 we now complete the round-up of locomotives that were in steam when visiting the Bluebell Railway on the 26th August. In my opinion we have left the best to last – South Eastern and Chatham Railway’s C class 592. If you have enjoyed…