2007 - BLUEBELL RAILWAY - GOODS TRAIN WEEKEND

20th April 2007

..and stops for a few minutes...	..as 55 and 672 approach from Sheffield Park...	..with token exchange down to a fine art.	Time for a short break.
Seen from the lineside track Eddystone pulls the 11.59 from Kingscote...	..while a few minutes later 1638 heads towards Kingscote.	Stepney & Fenchurch pull the pre grouping goods train from Kingscote...	..and 32473 heads in the other direction.
1638 pulls the 1.09pm departure from Kingscote under the bridge.	Eddystone seen departing Horsted Keynes from the bridge.	32473 and wagons...	..and Stepney & Fenchurch...

BLUEBELLRAILWAY
GOODS TRAIN WEEKEND
SATURDAY 14.APRIL 2007

This weekend was hot and sunny and just what the members wanted. All the mud was gone and the ground around Horsted Keynes Station was hard and dry again. So much better for the enthusiasts.

GOODS TRAIN ONE
This was made up of pregrouping wagons from the London Brighton and South Coast Railway and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.

This train was hauled by
55 'Stepney' and
672 'Fenchurch'

GOODS TRAIN TWO
This was made up of wagons from the Southern Railway and other companies such as the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

Two new wagons made their debut at this event thanks to volunteers who have restored them at Horsted Keynes.
BR Pipefit Open Wagon B741381 built 1956
SR Queen Mary Brake 56290 built 1936

This train was hauled by
32473 E4 class

TWO PASSENGER TRAINS
were hauled by
1638 U class
34028 'Eddystone'

VINTAGE BRITISH RAILWAY VEHICLES
were on display outside Horsted Keynes Station.
They re-created deliveries of goods locally.

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