Bluebell Railway, my first day
as part of the "P-Way" working group & Halloween weekend, 29th Oct'06
The P-Way stands for "Permanent Way" and is a group of volunteers who work
on the tracks, to maintain the line. We started in the 1/2 mile long tunnel,
where I learned how to tighten & change track connecting bolts and in the
afternoon we walked the line extension towards East Grinstead inspecting the
track as we went.
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North end of the tunnel, with 80154 entering the other end.
The P-Way gang and a ghost standing by...!
No 65 pulling the "Skeleton Service" northbound towards Kingscote
No 80154 leaving Horsted Keynes as the "Ghost train" southbound to Sheffield Park
(is actually 80151 re-branded)
The lovely standard 4, 75027 not stopping at Horsted Keynes, pulling the Pullman lunch special as the "Golden Arrow"
80154 shunting round at Kingscote. Number changed temporarily from 80151 for nostalgic reasons
Yes it is a Diesel...! It's here to help save steam engine hours, and works the spoil trains on the extension most days
Horsted Keynes station close to sunset
75027 heads south to Sheffield Park
65 about to arrive at Horsted Keynes with the last train for Kingscote for the Halloween weekend...lovely light..!
1638 about to arrive at Horsted Keynes against a lovely sunset
Please do click here to visit
The
Bluebell Railway website, it's full of great photos and all sorts of
info about the loco's, rolling stock, buildings and everything about the
railway.
Special pages of note, are details of the ongoing track expansion,
north of Kingscote, to East Grinstead that I have illustrated above.
I have added links to the relevant Loco's websites below that I have
featured here.
Class: U
Wheels: 2-6-0
Built: 1931
Website Link
Class: 4MT
Wheels: 4-6-0
Built: 1952
Website Link
Class: O1
Wheels: 0-6-0
Built: 1896
Website Link
No. 80151
Class: 4MT
Wheels: 2-6-4T
Website Link