Class 37 D6851 ‘Flopsie’
The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive, also known as the English Electric Type 3. The Class were brought into service as ...
BR Class 33 No. 33111
No doubt a popular choice amongst our Southern Region fans and a fitting addition in keeping with the local area, the Class 33 ‘Cromptons’ ...
BR Class 14 No. D9551
This specific diesel type, a multi purpose 650hp diesel hydraulic locomotive, was produced at BR’s Swindon Works between the years 1964 and 1965, as ...
English Electric Class 20 No. D8188
D8188 was manufactured by the English Electric Company’s Vulcan Foundry in 1966 as Works No D3669. It commenced service in January 1967 until its ...
LNER Gresley A4 No. 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’
60007 Sir Nigel Gresley has been a celebrity locomotive since it was named after its designer at London Marylebone in 1937, being the 100th ...
Manning Wardle Contractor’s Locomotive ‘Sharpthorn’
This typical Victorian contractors’ loco is instantly recognisable as a Manning Wardle product. What makes this one special was that it was owned by ...
BR Standard 4MT Tank No. 80100
One of two Standard 4 Tanks on the Bluebell, this particular locomotive was not a Southern-based engine in its BR days, working from Tilbury ...
SR Maunsell U-class, No. 1618
The Sevenoaks accident of 1927 resulted in the rebuilding of the K-Class tank locomotives, known as the Rivers, as U-class tender engines, in which ...
BR Standard 9F, No. 92240
The renowned 9Fs were the final steam design of British Railways, and a total of 251 of this most successful heavy-freight design were built. ...
LSWR Adams B4 dock tank, No. 96 ‘Normandy’
A deceptively powerful shunting locomotive, it spent most of its working days at Southampton Docks. After disposal by BR it was used, again at ...
BR Standard 4MT, No. 75027
The Standard 4 tender engines were designed as a modern branch-line engine, capable of hauling both freight and passenger services on the country’s secondary ...
SR Bulleid Light Pacific, ‘Blackmoor Vale’
Bulleid’s Light Pacifics were revolutionary in many respects, and brought a great enhancement of available power to lightly laid West Country lines which hitherto ...
LBSCR Stroudley Terrier, No. 55 ‘Stepney’
Stroudley’s famous Terriers survived for decades after more modern designs had been scrapped, working on lightly laid branch lines. Here these diminutive engines were ...
SR Maunsell U-class, No. 1638
One of two U-class locomotives on the Bluebell Railway, both coming via Barry scrapyard, this one was privately purchased and donated to the Bluebell. ...
LBSCR Billinton E4 Radial Tank, No. B473
The only surviving locomotive to a design by Robert Billinton, ‘Birch Grove’ is one of a family of locomotives known as Radial Tanks due to the ...
SECR Wainwright C-class, No. 592
After the amalgamation of the SER and the LCDR in 1899 it fell to Harry Wainwright to put some order into the locomotive designs ...
Dorking Greystone Lime Company, No. 3 ‘Captain Baxter’
‘Baxter’ arrived at the Bluebell in 1960 after spending its working life at the Dorking Greystone Lime Works at Betchworth station. It was only ...
SECR Wainwright P-class, No. 178
The last of the four P-class tank locomotives to have steamed in preservation, 178 came to the Bluebell in 1969 after industrial service at Bowaters Paper ...
