Todays post is the first part of a series of reflections and experiences of my journey of becoming interested in real and model steam trains. Not being old enough to have experienced steam trains running on day-to-day services, my early experiences of steam trains were as a result of having a father interested in steam…
Today’s model on display is an ex-SECR S Class. The S class was a unique locomotive (number 685) and was created by adapting a C Class in 1917. Originally a tender engine (see picture below), the prototype was turned into a saddle tank so that it could be used for heavy shunting duties at Richborough…
Whoever said goods engines were not romantic! A locomotive bought as a present by my beautiful wife hauls a Wedding Anniversary special.
Above is Mainline 56xx 6619 in front of the coaling tower. I wrote an article on this model previously. It is my intention to obtain a Bachmann chassis in the future to get this working on the yard, inspired by Brookes Castle excellent review.
When I first started this blog back in January, it was on the simple premise of sharing the development of my loco yard layout to anyone who may be interested. I had been writing a diary for a couple of months and the blog seemed a logical development. From this it has evolved into something…
A quick post tonight and the second taken away from the yard of one of my static models. The below picture is the top shelf of my display cabinet. The cabinet is where I show off my non-locoyard resident models. Some of the non-residents visit the yard occasionally, but this is another that is not…
My previous review of this locomotive has been updated with the Locoyardometer rating system. To see the updated review click here. The model achieved a score of 4.0.
As is often the way, today was a fairly typical bank holiday with most of it being spoilt somewhat by very wet weather conditions (or as the Water Companies say; “drought conditions”!) Not letting the rain dampen my spirits; I made the most of this much appreciated day off by visiting Ropley on the Watercress Line. Two…
Over the next few days I shall be moving away from the yard to show some of the locomotives/scenes on display. Today we shall start with my Corgi Diecast model of the Rocket. It is almost the right 1:76 scale, but unfortunately can not sit on 00 scale track. It does look good however and…
My previous review of this locomotive has been updated with the Locoyardometer rating system. To see the updated review click here. The model achieved a score of 4.8, making it my most highly rated model yet!
Loco Yard 