Locoyard Advent Calendar – 16th December

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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

Locoyard Advent Calendar – 15th December

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Christmas Steam!

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

Locoyard Advent Calendar – 14th December

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Hornby Railroad Fowler 3F Jinty Tank Model Review

This review is of a keenly priced model for the younger enthusiast. It is aimed at the budget end of the market, whilst the discerning modeler has the option spending more and going for the better, but more expensive Bachmann version (click here for the review of the Bachmann Jinty). The Hornby Jinty 3F can…

Locoyard Advent Calendar – 13th December

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71000 Duke of Gloucester sunbathing in the Winter Sun

After seeing 60163 Tornado in Winchester on Monday, Simon of Brookes Castle tipped me off that 71000 Duke of Gloucester was outside in Eastleigh’s yard, so I popped down to have a look. This unique BR standard pacific has been out of action for a few months now, hopefully it will be back soon. The last…

Locoyard Advent Calendar – 12th December

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Locoyard Advent Calendar – 11th December

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