2009 - BLUEBELL RAILWAY - BRANCH LINE WEEKEND

1st March 2009

08.45 and 9017 'Earl of Berkley' steams out of the yard	592 will not be moving as it's still receiving maintenance	Steam from the loco behind 592 fills the air	592 753 and 263 lined up in the sun
753 lets off steam	A worker emerges from the steam	9017 waiting at Sheffield Park station for departure of the first train of the day	09.10 and 65 enters the station...
..parking next to 9017 as it gets water	Then 65 departs for Horsted Keynes	80151 leaving the yard about 09.45	672 'Fenchurch' waits at Horsted Keynes

BRANCH LINE WEEKEND
BLUEBELL RAILWAY
21.FEBRUARY 2009

Over the weekend the trains operated were typical of those that could be found on Britain's Branch Lines from the 1870's through to the end of steam operation in the 1960's, and include some of the oldest rolling stock operating in Britain.

Locos running on the Saturday included.....

753
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
P Class built in 1909
Visiting from Kent and East Sussex Railway

65
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
O1 Class Built in 1896

592
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
C Class Built in 1902
Due to the delay in the supply of replacement loco springs, 592 was still being worked on, until late afternoon when it was in light steam.

672 Fenchurch
London Brighton and South Coast Railway
A1 Class Built in 1872

9017 Earl of Berkley
Great Western Railway
32XX Class Built in 1938

80151
British Railways
Class 4MT Built in 1957

Visiting diesel loco 73136 'Perseverance' was on display at Horsted Keynes.

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