Do not forget that Brookes Castle and Locoyard are holding a competition with a prize for members of Facebook Group ‘Model Railway Blogs’. If you do not belong to this group yet; please sign up! The competition is simple – we want to see
February is the month of Valentines Day and to mark it, Brookes Castle and Locoyard are holding a competition with a prize for members of Facebook Group ‘Model Railway Blogs’. If you do not belong to this group yet; please do to have a chance at winning the prize! The competition is simple – we…
Tonight’s Blog Post is a slideshow of pictures
Last Sunday, after exploring Alton (click here to read that article) I dropped into Ropley. As ever, there was much going on there;
December 2012 was an excellent steam-filled month, with three visits to the Watercress Line, two mainline tours and a visit to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (see the Steam Diary to read more). With the exception of a visit to Eastleigh’s miniature railway (click here to read), January has been much quieter, but today’s…
UK Heritage Hub have just published their sixteenth newsletter and it is a cracker! Locoyard.com warmly recommends the UK Heritage Hub’s free e-magazine magazine to all its followers. Click here to view it. Unfortunately due to a lack of recent material, locoyard were unable to supply any content this time, but hope to for next…
The standard 0-6-0 chassis with type 7 motor has for some time been used in a lot of Hornby model locomotives! The list of models below may not be 100% complete, but covers some of the major types where it is used. Hornby models using the Type 7 0-6-0 chassis:
In November last year, a few pictures taken of 4953 Pitchford Hall were published, today we (finally!) complete looking at the brief visit to Loughborough in 2011.
Today’s Bad Weather has given a good excuse to publish a few pictures taken in 2011 of Ropley on the Watercress Line, in terrible weather conditions. Rather than snow, it was torrential rain on the day which made for some great
It has been a month since Hornby announced its 2013 range. The reactions to the range have been many and varied, particularly due to Hornby’s change in tact. Hornby has for some time become famous for paving the way
Loco Yard 