2007 - BLUEBELL RAILWAY - 125 YEARS

15th August 2007

..before it departed to Horsted Keynes.	1 Metropolitan moved to a more prominent position.	D3023 pulling out a loco from the shed...	..and then there they were...
..65 592 & 263 all together.	Time for 65 to get water & pull a set of Metropolitan Railway carriages replacing the sick No.1.	'Birch Grove' arriving back at Sheffield Park with it's own train.	At Horsted Keynes the other visitor in steam.. 'Sir Berkeley'
The Carriage Shed was open for viewing and work was well under way on this carriage.	One compartment shows how it will look inside when finished.	Plenty of space to work in the shed.	Stationary engines were in steam on the goods dock.

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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