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Bluebell Railway. 30064 was one of the US Army 0-6-0T engines that were purchased in 1945 and used at Southampton Docks. It is seen at Sheffield Park Station on a very wet Sunday morning preparing to haul a short freight train Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (mtaylor6@home.com) Website www.members.home.net/mtaylor6

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Bluebell Railway ex-GWR 4-4-0 3217 double heading with 0-6-0T "Fenchurch" in June 1973. Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (michael@einbahn.org) Website www.einbahn.org

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British Steamloco 35027 at Kingscote / Bluebell Railway , June 1994 Photo by Sönke Horn <Soenke_Horn@compuserve.com> Scan by Fridtjof Uth <Fridi@compuserve.com>

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Preserved locomotive "Sharpthorn" at Horstead Keynes. Bluebell Railway, Sussex, Saturday 9 May, 2009. D h Thomas thomdh@hotmail.com

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Bluebell Railway. BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 #92240 climbs Freshfield Bank on a warm Sunday afternoon on June 6th, 1999. Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (mtaylor6@home.com) Website www.members.home.net/mtaylor6

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Bluebell_1966_2-2-0GWT. UK Heritage Steam 1960s and 1970s. Bluebell Railway Open Day 1966: a most unusual locomotive is seen here in The Blue Circle. The Class TJ 2-2-0GWT (Geared Well Tank) (Aveling Porter 9449/1926), was basically a traction engine on rails. The last railway locomotive built by Aveling Porter, it worked in the cement industry until 1962, to be bought by the Bluebell Railway two years later. The 2-2-0GWT is coupled to ex-LNWR Observation Car No.1503, built in 1913 for the scenic Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Festiniog line in North Wales. Not really suitable for the Bluebell’s purposes, it is today based on the Nene Valley Railway. Within the station, note the collection of enamel advertising signs and (old) “penny-in-the-slot” weighing machine; all genuine antiques from a time long gone. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Bluebell_1966_No.2650. UK Heritage Steam 1960s and 1970s. Bluebell Railway Open Day 1966: on display NLR 0-6-0T No.2650 (Bow Works, December 1899. That number was one of six carried during its working life of almost 61 years: North London Railway: 76 and 116; LNWR: 2650; LMS: 7505 and 27505; BR: 58850. Worked its last days on the Cromford & High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, being withdrawn in 1960, moving to the Bluebell in 1962. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Bluebell_1966_No.27. UK Heritage Steam 1960s and 1970s. Bluebell Railway Open Day 1966: on display was SECR Class P 0-6-0T No.27 (Ashford, February 1910). Having the distinction of being conscripted in World War One, the engine worked at Boulogne as ROD (Royal Operating Division - of the Corps of Royal Engineers) No.5027. Under BR ownership it became No.31027, to be withdrawn 1961 and bought by the Bluebell Railway. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Bluebell_1966_No.323. UK Heritage Steam 1960s and 1970s. Bluebell Railway Open Day 1966: on display SECR Class P 0-6-0T No.323 Bluebell (Ashford, July 1910), a name it did not carry in service. Under BR carried the number 31323 until 1960’s withdrawal and sale to the Bluebell. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Bluebell_1966_No.72. UK Heritage Steam 1960s and 1970s. Bluebell Railway Open Day 1966: on display was LBSCR Class A1X 0-6-0T No.72 (Brighton, November 1872), originally named Fenchurch. The loco wears the livery of the Newhaven Harbour Company, for whom it worked between 1898 and 1926, then becoming a Southern Railway asset. Renumbered to BR 32636 the loco finished its days working on the Havant - Hayling Island branchline until withdrawal in January 1964 and sale to the Bluebell. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Bluebell_5.1976_263+592. UK Heritage Steam 1960s and 1970s. Bluebell Railway: SECR Class H 0-4-4T No.263 (Ashford Works 1905) and 0-6-0 Class C No.592 (Longhedge Works 1902), climb Sheffield Park Bank in May 1976. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Bluebell_5.1976_No.488. UK Heritage Steam 1960s and 1970s. Bluebell Railway: LSWR Class 415 4-4-0T No.488 (Neilson 3209, March 1885) climbs Sheffield Park Bank in May 1976. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Kingscote station on the Bluebell Railway. Photographed on Sunday August 27th, 1995. Photo by Michael Taylor, Binbrook, Ontario, Canada. (michael@einbahn.org) Website www.EinBahn.org

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UK – Ex-SECR Class H 0-4-4T 263 and Class C 0-6-0 563 in a typically sylvan setting near Bluebell Halt, on the Bluebell Railway, in Southern England. 1976 Photo and scan Roger Griffiths jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk

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UK – Ex-L&SWR "Radial" tank engine – 4-4-2T 488 approaches Bluebell Halt with a Bluebell Railway train from Horsted Keynes to Sheffield Park. June 1976 Photo and scan Roger Griffiths jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk

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Detail of Kingscote station on the Bluebell Railway, showing it was built by the LB&SCR in 1882. Photographed on Sunday August 27th, 1995. Photo by Michael Taylor, Binbrook, Ontario, Canada. (michael@einbahn.org) Website www.EinBahn.org

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Bluebell Railway Class O1 ex-South East & Chatham Railway 0-6-0 #65 climbs Freshfield Bank with the "Branch Line" train on Saturday September 15th2000. Class O1 was a Wainwright 1903 rebuild of the Stirling SER O class of 1878. #65 survived in British Railway use into the 1960s and finished its career with BR as a shunter at Ashford Works. Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (michael@michaeltaylor.ca) Website www.MichaelTaylor.ca

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Bluebell Railway Class O1 ex-South East & Chatham Railway 0-6-0 #65 departs from Horsted Keynes with the northbound "Branch Line" train on Saturday September 15th2000. Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (michael@michaeltaylor.ca) Website www.MichaelTaylor.ca

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Singer at the "Southern at War" weekend as seen through a Mk1 coach at Sheffield Park. Bluebell Railway, Sussex, Saturday 9 May, 2009. D h Thomas thomdh@hotmail.com

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Locomotive 80151 and "Battle of Britain" class Pacific "Sir Archibald Sinclair" at Sheffield Park. Bluebell Railway, Sussex, Saturday, 9th May, 2009. D h Thomas thomdh@hotmail.com

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Locomotive 80151 at Sheffield Park. Bluebell Railway, Sussex, Saturday, 9th May, 2009. D h Thomas thomdh@hotmail.com

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Connecting rods on Bulleid Light Pacific "Blackmoor Vale". Bluebell Railway, Sussex, Saturday 9 May, 2009. D h Thomas thomdh@hotmail.com

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Bluebell Railway. Southern Railway Austerity Class Q1 0-6-0 33001 at Horsted Keynes Station on the Bluebell Railway on June 6th, 1999. The locomotive is owned by the National Railway Museum and is on loan to the Bulleid Society. This locomotive usually runs as Southern C1. The numbering scheme was developed by OVS Bulleid, CME of the Southern, and is based on the continental method of C= 3 axles, no leading or traing wheels and the 1st member of the class. Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (mtaylor6@home.com) Website www.members.home.net/mtaylor6