Santa’s Other Train – 925 Cheltenham on the Mid-Hants Railway

Hauling Heavy Santa Services this December on the Watercress Line with U class 31806 has been the National Collection’s

Santa’s Train – A Hard Day’s Work for 31806 on the Mid-Hants Railway

U class 31806 has been hard at work throughout

Sleeping Giants at Ropley

With the excuse of taking more pictures of Christmas steam (for material for the Locoyard Advent Calendar!) , last Sunday I spent a few hours on the Watercress Line. It was a fairly gloomy day, which really added to the already ample

Christmas Steam!

Today’s pictures hopefully will help give some idea’s for your Christmas Photo comp

December – Ropley Locoyard

A quick post tonight to round off last Saturday’s visit to the Watercress Line. After soaking in the festive atmosphere at Alresford; last Saturday’s visit ended (as it often does!) with a visit to

Festive Steam

Being the first weekend of December, last Saturday was the first day of Santa Specials on preserved lines around the country. Eager to take some pictures for the Locoyard Advent Calendar entries, I made my way to the Watercress Line to capture some festive

Santa Special!

As we come towards the end of November (and not to mention Movember), we approach December and Santa Special season. This is Locoyard.com’s first Christmas season and as with many seasonal events, we will be celebrating here! “And how?” I hear you ask – well we start 1st December at 6AM (GMT) with day 1…

The Watercress Line’s Last Public Service Trains of the Season – Part 2

Upon returning from a day trip last Sunday, Mrs Locoyard and I caught the steam and glow from a firebox of a steam engine heading home in the dark

Winter Scenes at a real Loco Yard

After several locomotives having returned from visits to other railways, Ropley loco yard is back to looking

Topiary and Other Charms at Ropley Station

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…