2008 - BLUEBELL RAILWAY - BUILT AT BRIGHTON

30th April 2008

Preparing the locos well under way at 8.20am	80151 32473 and 21C123 steaming in the yard	55 'Stepney' waits to start the day	65 not in steam but on display
Last minute cleaning	Checks in the cab	'Stepney' from inside the loco shed	A glimpse of 5199 arrived the day before on loan to Bluebell
Basking in the sun	A lot to clean on 80151	'Birch Grove' getting a shine	Plenty of steam

BUILT AT BRIGHTON
BLUEBELL RAILWAY
EAST SUSSEX
26.APRIL 2008

This event was used to say farewell to 2 locos built in Brighton and operating at Bluebell over the last 10 years. These are 'Stepney' and 'Birch Grove' which need overhauls. To complete the weekend they were joined by other locos built at Brighton.

Locos operating included...............

672 'Fenchurch'
A Terrier built in 1872
A1 Class
London Brighton & South Coast Railway

55 'Stepney'
A Terrier built in 1875
A1 Class
London Brighton & South Coast Railway

32473 'Birch Grove'
Radial tank loco built in 1898
E4 Class
London Brighton & South Coast Railway

21C123 'Blackmore Vale'
Un-rebuilt Bulleid Pacific loco built in 1946
West Country Class
Southern Railway

80151
Standard class tank engine built in1957
Class 4MT
British Railways

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