December Bluebell Times
The December 2025 edition of Bluebell Times features:
- 80151 Secured as the Bluebell Railway Trust acquires majority stake in the locomotive
- Restoration updates from the Maunsell Locomotive Society and SR Coach Group
- Festive services are nearly sold out – but volunteers needed to help with last Santa Special trains of the season
- SteamLights showcases the Ice Queen and her Mythical Creatures – a few tickets still left
- Carriage 3687 and Horsted Keynes Platform re-instatement up for Steam Railway Readers’ magazine award – here’s how to vote
- £500 donation from the Carriage Shop rounds off another successful year of fundraising
The Bluebell Times is published monthly on the second Friday of every month.
The next issue is due out on Friday 9 January 2026
To help towards the costs of machining the new left hand cylinder for 928 ‘Stowe’ you can Donate here, though the Bluebell Railway Trust:
Gift Aid can also be added to this donation if you pay Income or Capital Gains taxes, and higher rate tax-payers can also reclaim a further sum though their tax return.
