Bluebell Railway Locomotives



These pages contain a variety of photographs of the engines that are and have been on The Bluebell Railway.  Some of them have not steamed in preservation, Primrose has not moved since before I was born and many others last steamed before I started taking pictures.  Therefore some of the pictures are of engines in an partially or un-restored state!  Some of the older ones especially are not of the best quality, but are there for completeness; or interest, such as the one of 80064 at Horsted Keynes.  Not a great picture, but interesting to see the far platform with no trace of a canopy.  The recently steamed engines, such as Fenchurch and Blackmore Vale, are the subject of many of my photos, so I can leave out the duff ones!  I hope you enjoy them.

Click on a link to see pictures of that locomotive:

 Great Western Railway

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Status
3217 'Earl of Berkeley'
20 UPDATED
9000 'Dukedog'
4-4-0
In service.


London and South Western Railway

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Status
96 'Normandy'
11
B4
0-4-0T
Awaiting overhaul.
120
2
T9
4-4-0
Awaiting overhaul.
488
4
0415
4-4-2T
Awaiting overhaul.

South Eastern and Chatham Railway

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Status
27 'Primrose'
2
P
0-6-0T
Overhaul at early stages.
323 'Bluebell'
6
P
0-6-0T
Ten year overhaul commenced.
31178
4
P
0-6-0T
Under restoration.
65
13
O1
0-6-0
In service.
263
2
H
0-4-4T
Awaiting overhaul.
592
8 NEW
C
0-6-0
Under overhaul.

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Status
55 'Stepney'
13
'Terrier' A1X
0-6-0T
In service.
672 'Fenchurch'
15
'Terrier' A1X in A1 guise
0-6-0T
In service.
473 'Birch Grove'
11
E4
0-6-2T
In service.

Southern Railway

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Status
541
4
Q
0-6-0
Awaiting overhaul.
847
8 NEW
S15
4-6-0
Under overhaul.
928 'Stowe'
8
V 'Schools'
4-4-0
Awaiting overhaul.
1618
4
U
2-6-0
Awaiting overhaul.
1638
10
U
2-6-0
In service.
30064
4
USA
0-6-0T
Awaiting overhaul.
21C123 'Blackmore Vale'
21
West Country
4-6-2
In service.
34059 'Sir Archibald Sinclair'
5
Battle of Britain
4-6-2
Due in steam 2007.

North London Railway

Number
Pictures
Class
Type
Status
27505 / 58850
3
2F
0-6-0T
Awaiting overhaul.


British Railways

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Status
73082 'Camelot'
14 5MT
4-6-0
Awaiting overhaul.
75027
17
4MT
4-6-0
In service.
78059 / 84030
6
2MT
2-6-0 / 2-6-2T
Restoration underway.
80064
2
4MT
2-6-4T
Awaiting overhaul.
80100
1
4MT
2-6-4T
Still in scrapyard condition.
80151
18
4MT
2-6-4T
In service.
92240
25
9F
2-10-0
Awaiting overhaul.


Industrial locomotives

'Baxter' (8)
'Sharpthorn' (5)
Wickham Trolley (2)
Howard Petrol Locomotive
Snowplough (2)


New-build projects

Brighton Atlantic 32424 'Beachy Head' (5)


Locomotives which have since left the railway

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Current location
830
1
SR S15
4-6-0
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
35027 'Port Line'
8
SR Merchant Navy
4-6-2
Swanage Railway
C1
7
SR Q1
0-6-0
National Railway Museum, York
'Blue Circle'
2

2-2-0TG
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre


Visiting Locomotives

There have been many visitors to the Bluebell Railway over the years.  These engines are only the ones which I have seen myself.

Number and Name
Pictures
Class
Type
Normal location
W8 'Freshwater'
6
LB&SCR A1X 'Terrier'
0-6-0T
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
W11 'Newport'
7
LB&SCR A1X 'Terrier'
0-6-0T
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
34027 'Taw Valley'
8
SR West Country
4-6-2
Severn Valley Railway
34072 '257 Squadron'
3
SR Battle of Britain
4-6-2
Swanage Railway
34081 '92 Squadron'
3
SR Battle of Britain
4-6-2
Nene Valley Railway
41312
8
LMS 2MT
2-6-2T
Mid-Hants Railway
5690 'Leander'
19
LMS Jubilee
4-6-0
East Lancashire Railway
Tamping machines
2
-
-
Railtrack
Rocket
1
Replica locomotive
0-2-2
National Railway Museum
34028 'Eddystone'
1 NEW
SR West Country
4-6-2
Southern Locomotives Ltd
3440 'City of Truro'
4 NEW
GWR City
4-4-0
National Railway Museum


Further pictures of the locomotives listed can be found on the following pages:

Event
Locomotives featured
S.E. & C.R. 100th Anniversary Gala
65, 473, 73082 and 323
L.B. & S. C. R. 100th Anniversary Gala
11, 473, 65 and 21C123
Bluebell in the snow
55, 672 and 473
Giants of Steam 2000
21C123, 34081, 73082, 75027, 92240 and 473
Giants of Steam 2001
21C123, 73082, 75027, 92240 and 672
Winter Steam-Up 2002
55, 672, 473, 96, 65 and 80151
Giants of Steam 2002
21C123, 75027, 92240, 34027 and 80151
Branchline Weekend 2003
96, 672, 473, 65, 80151, 55 and 41312
Branchline Weekend 2004
96, 55, 672, 473, 9017 and 65
Terrier Specials
55 and 65


Last updated 4th January 2007.

 

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