Good evening, Today we are looking at the always lovely Wootton Station on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The station is the current western terminus of the railway that is unlikely to extended any further for the foreseeable future. The original station was located further west but that site had to be abandoned due…
Good evening, Ashey is the Isle of Wight’s forgotten station with it being a request only stop most people don’t notice it as the train speeds past. Ashey station was originally built on the Ryde to Newport line to serve the small village of Ashey. Calbourne leaving Ashey with the old station house in the…
The King class of steam locomotive was the most powerful 4-6-0 type built in the UK. The type were built partly in response to to the Southern Railway’s Lord Nelson class that had previously taken away the GWR Castle class’ title of “most powerful express type”.
Buckfastleigh station on the South Devon Railway is a delightful station and an example of the heritage movement creating something bigger and more impressive than it was in GWR and BR days.
Upon a request for a picture of 6000 King George V on twitter, Nick Littlewood went way beyond the call of duty and sent in this fantastic selection of pictures that just had to be published! Locoyard followers would do well to follow Nick (@NickPLittlewood) on twitter; as he publishes a plethora of fascinating railway…
Tonight we have a very special guest blog post from a fantastic artist, Stephen Bedser. Stephen has kindly written an article about how he became an artist who specialises in heritage scenes. I would strongly recommend you visit http://www.cornishinc.co.uk to see more of his fantastic works. Stephen can also be found on twitter (click here),…
Fellow twitterer Nick Littlewood has been kind enough to send these photographs of a Princess at Paddington Station. I strongly advise followers of this blog on twitter to follow Nick (@NickPLittlewood), as he always has something interesting to post! Nick has also since contributed photographs of GWR King class 6000 King George V so be…
Apart from being a village in Hampshire, Ropley has a station at the top of it’s hill that has become renown throughout the preservation movement as being a hub for steam; it being both a home to a large fleet of large steam engines but also a place where steam engines are re-born. These delights…
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
Yesterday I enjoyed a fantastic visit to what is still my favourite place in the railway world. My decision to visit the railway was fairly spontaneous. I try to visit when I can, which unfortunately is usually only once a year. It would be much more frequent if it wasn’t for it being a long…
Loco Yard 