The August 2024 edition of Bluebell Times, issued last week, features:
– BRPS Chairman’s update from Roy Watts
– All geared up for Beachy Head’s launch
– Update on overhaul progress on Q class No 541 and 2MT No 84030
– Help is needed to manage the legacies to the Bluebell Railway Trust
– Bob Pamment is the Railway’s new Rolling Stock Director
– More photos from the Museum archive
This video, Welcoming Britain’s Newest Steam Locomotive, has just been released.
The wait is almost over before we officially welcome H2 Marsh Atlantic 32424 ‘Beachy Head’, nearing the end of a project over 30 years in the making!
We welcomed the filming team from the Watercress Line Film Unit to the Railway who helped produce this short video, looking around this incredible locomotive. Don’t miss out and join us in celebrating the launch of ‘Beachy Head’ between 23 August and 1 September at our Railway. This also includes our ‘Brighton Works’ weekend gala from 24 to 26 August.
Book your tickets here for the launch event.
Before then, at 11.45am on Sunday 18 August the formal handover ceremony will take place, as the care of the locomotive passes from the team who have created it to the Railway’s Locomotive Operations Department. It will then haul a celebratory Pullman dining train for those heavily involved over the years with the project, and major financial supporters.
Finally, on 5 October, all other registered supporters of the Atlantic project have been invited for a day for them to travel behind the locomotive.
- We have three more months’ worth of News updates on the overhaul of the Maunsell Q-class available. The photo (by Melvyn Frohnsdorff) shows the tender chassis rear buffer beam taken down from the frames in the workshop at Sheffield Park, in preparation for major work on the rear drag-box.
- The Gradient Profile of the line, and official “Location Map” as used by operational staff, have returned to the archive server, having been hosted on the main web site for the last decade.
