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Rebuilt Bulleid Pacific 34028 Eddystone
The second locomotive in action at the Swanage Railway was rebuilt West Country Pacific 34028 Eddystone (the other being M7 tank 30053 – click here for more). Here are a few pictures of this large...
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Bachmann GWR/BR 32xx/90xx Earl/Dukedog Class Review
Those of you who follow this blog on Facebook may know that it was my birthday a few weeks ago. I was fortunate to have been gifted a new model by Mrs Locoyard, chosen because she knew how I love the...
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BR Standard Atlantic
As I passed by on the Watercress Line’s Heritage DMU Thumper Unit 1125 (click here for more), I spied a visitor sitting in Ropley loco yard sitting next to a class 08 diesel shunter (click here for...
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A Thumping Good Day Out!
A trip to the Watercress Line is always well worth it and this visit was no exception! The railway has a large fleet of locomotives that is regularly supplemented by visitors. What made this visit...
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A Busy Watercress Festival 2014
The Watercress Festival in Alresford is one of those events that my wife and I try to put into the heritage railway diary. This is despite the fact that it’s not really a railway event as such, but an...
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SECR C Class 592
This beautifully finished locomotive is no stranger to this blog! All being well, the links to blog posts featuring this locomotive will appear automatically at the bottom of this post. 592 was built...
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Locomotives on Display at Sheffield Park 2014
No visit to the Bluebell Railway is complete without a peak inside the engine shed, which is home to the largest collection of locomotives of (UK) Southern origin. The Bluebell Line has another...
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Buckfastleigh, South Devon Railway 2014
If you ask a railway enthusiast to name a great locomotive works, you could get many replies. Doncaster, Derby, Swindon, Crewe, Eastleigh, St Rollox, Darlington, Brighton… a list could on and on. But...
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London Transport Pannier
One of the worst kept secrets of steam locomotive colour schemes was discovered a long time before Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Castle (click here for more). It is a secret that many of a western...
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A Tasty Sighting!
Rather remarkably, somehow I managed to skip this this beautiful locomotive when reporting about my visit to the Bluebell Line (click here to read more.) This was probably because I only saw it...
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Ropley Update
Steam gala’s on the Watercress Line present great opportunities to explore the workshops to see how various overhauls and restoration of different locomotives are progressing. Even considering the...
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4th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture – Hornby’s Smokey Joe has been wrapped under Christmas tree’s since 1983, today we see the real thing!
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5th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture courtesy and copyright of Jack Peake 2014
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6th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture courtesy and copyright of Kieran Hardy!
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7th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture courtesy and copyright of Peter Francis!
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8th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Click on the picture above to reveal today’s Advent Calendar blog post!
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9th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Today’s Advent Calendar blog post proves that railways can be more than a match for the Coca Cola™ “Holidays are Coming” commercials! The Holiday train has been run by Canadian Pacific since 1999 as a...
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10th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Following last night’s blog post we have today’s Advent picture courtesy and copyright of Rowan Jackson, Editor of UK Heritage Hub!
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11th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture courtesy and copyright of GWSRAlex!
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12th December – Locoyard Advent Calendar
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture! Picture courtesy and copyright of steamagedaydreams.co.uk
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