The Summer of 2014 has been a bumper season for Mainline Steam in Southern England, despite Fire Risks and FBU Strikes threatening to hamper this. This video showcases some of the best bits from July and August. 44932 – Royal Wessex – July 5th: Netley, Brockenhurst 45407 – Royal Duchy – July 6th: Taunton, Dawlish…
UK Heritage Hub’s Locomotive Profile series returns with a special feature on 5029 ‘Nunney Castle’ and 5043 ‘Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’. These two ‘Castle’ class locomotives have become regular performers on the main line over the past few years and look set to continue for many years to come. For more information on 5043 ‘Earl…
Good evening, As part of the Mid Hants “Canadian Pacific – Engineering a Future from the Past” project (if the Heritage Lottery grant is successful) they will be creating a historic record (oral, video and displays) of how steam trains were used for evacuations from London in the Second World War, immigrants travelling from Southampton in…
Following a series of locomotive failures in the spring and summer of 2014, the West Coast Railway Company’s LMS 5MT 44932 was rostered to take charge of several railtours with various promoters to a wide variety of destinations across the south. In this video by regular UKHH contributor James Corben, we follow 44932 around the…
A celebration of either the preservation or history of the Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) would never be complete without at least one ex-London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) terrier and the fortieth anniversary was no exception. Only one of the railway’s two terrier tanks was in action and luckily for me it…
Steam railways can be found in all shapes and sizes, but this one is unique in the UK, I believe. Brambridge Garden Centre, Hampshire is home to the UK’s only 8 1/4 inch miniature railway. Services are hauled by a delightful tank engine named Carolyn that was built in 1924.
Having picked up another Southern Railway postcard at Medstead and Four Marks (click here to see previous blog post on the LBSCR K class), I decided again to look into the locomotive type illustrated on it – yet another locomotive from a now extinct class. The picture shows Southern railway no A781, an example of…
During the Saturday of the Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala 2014, this magnificent locomotive spent the day at Ropley. It was (as Simon described it) playing the role of the Thunderbird – the rescue locomotive. It was good to see this big powerful locomotive again, after it’s long stay at the Bluebell Railway.
Having picked up a Southern Railway postcard at Medstead and Four Marks, I decided to look into the locomotive type illustrated on it – a locomotive from a now extinct class. Since then, another couple of pictures have been added to this blog post below. The picture’s show Southern railway no B343 (above), B341 (below)…
Welcome to the last “model of the week” series, which will become a less regular feature in the future. However, today’s model is an important one to end the series – A1 class 60163 Tornado. This Bachmann model has previously been reviewed (click here for more) and is a regular runner here at Locoyard. Today…
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