- Peter Edwards’ photo on the right shows 32424 at the foot of Freshfield Bank on 25 August.
- Alex Colquhoun’s video of Beachy Head’s first day in public service.
- Keith Duke’s photos from the first day of the Brighton Works Weekend Gala.
- Video from Saturday from BrickishRail.
- Dave Bowles’ photos from the Built at Brighton Gala, featuring particularly ‘Sir Archibald Sinclair’ and ‘Beachy Head’.
- Chris Ward’s Photos and Video from the Brighton Gala.
- The photo on the left shows the Atlantic arriving at Horsted Keynes on 25 August, as 72 ‘Fenchurch’ prepares to take water. So here we have the newest “Brighton” locomotive, alongside the oldest surviving locomotive built there, and the newest survivor (80151) carrying the number 80154 which was the very last locomotive to have been built at Brighton Works.
- Photos and videos from John Sandys from Monday 26, and Wednesday 28 August.
- Ashley Smith has added photos taken on Monday and Tuesday last week to his 2024 gallery of Bluebell photos and also provides this video.
- The photos below show the Atlantic at West Hoathly (Brian Lacey, 30 August) and ‘Fenchurch’ arriving at Sheffield Park in the rain (Keith Duke, 24 August).
- We are gearing up for this weekend’s Diesel Gala (which starts on Friday) – details here – not only are there four visiting diesel locomotives, and two Bluebell-based diesels as well. This is also the first opportunity to travel in the Bluebell-owned 4 Vep unit 3417 ‘Gordon Pettitt’ for over a decade, follwing it’s major refurnishment in the hands of SETG.
- The timetable has also now been published for our Giants of Steam Gala (11-13 October). 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ is visiting us for the first time, and it’ll also be the first GoS appearances for our new-build 32424 ‘Beachy Head’ and our freshly overhauled Bulleid Pacific 34059 ‘Sir Archibald Sinclair’. Completing the line-up are 73082 ‘Camelot’ and 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’.
