2007 - BLUEBELL RAILWAY - 125 YEARS

15th August 2007

1638 about to depart the yard at Sheffield Park.	1638 and 34028 'Eddystone' take on water.	32473 'Birch Grove' busy in the yard.	Visitor No1 Metropolitan had failed and a meeting was held beside it.
65 SECR was also busy...	..moving things in the yard.	Someone was looking for a bucket.	21C123 'Blackmore Vale' being prepared.
D3023 alongside the Pullman at Sheffield Park.	Through a window of a Pullman carriage.	32473 at the back...	..and 'Eddystone' at the front of the Pullman...

BLUEBELL RAILWAY
125 YEARS SINCE THE OPENING
OF LEWES TO EAST GRINSTEAD RAILWAY
SATURDAY 11.AUGUST 2007

The start of the day was very misty, but it wasn't too long before the sun came out, giving a hot sunny day.

VISITING LOCOS......

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY NUMBER 1
from Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

'SIR BERKELEY'
from the Middleton Railway and
the Vintage Carriage Trust

BLUEBELL LOCOS.......

'SHARPTHORNE'
was in a prominent position
as it was used to build the line.

592 SOUTH EAST AND CHATHAM
RAILWAY C CLASS
overhaul almost completed
in light steam for the event

Re-enactment talk by
Joseph Firbank and Lord Sheffield
telling the story of the building of the line.

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