- Peter Edwards’ photo from Sunday 15 September shows ‘Beachy Head’ ready to leave Sheffield Park with the 2.15pm train for East Grinstead, in place of the rostered Standard 4 Tank 80151. ‘Beachy Head’ was in action alongside Camelot and SECR No. 65. The carriages included the SECR Hundred seater and the LBSCR Bogie First with three of the 4-wheelers.
- The newly-built locomotive has been in action also for a wedding special, and should be running again tomorrow, alongside visiting 33111 on the first day of our annual Beer Festival.
- Full details of this weekend’s Beer Festival (20-22 September) – including the timetables, and also bus links to enable you to get to and from the railway.
- Available for £5, our 2024 beer festival glasses are now in stock and available to purchase: pre-order yours and collect them on the day when you visit us this weekend; they will also be available to purchase on the day of your visit until stocks run out.
- The photo here shows newly restored early Mk.I TSO 4754, with 73082 ‘Camelot’, at Sheffield Park earlier today.
- More videos from the Diesel Gala:
- Highlights video from the Saturday by Trevor Stone, along with a further videos, featuring extended footage of 33111 with VEP unit 3417, more of Class 20 D8188, and of Class 37 D6851;
- Video from Toby’s Trains;
- A Video short of 33111 and 3417 from James Seward-Prior.
- Pullman Car ‘Carina’ has now left the Bluebell. It was rendered surplus by our decision to convert a Mk.I BG as a kitchen car, rather than adding a second relatively cramped kitchen to our train within a very expensive to restore/maintain Pullman vehicle. As reported here it has gone for restoration at the Churnet Valley Railway. To re-iterate our Pullman strategy, going forward, this is to replace the LMS BGZ within the train by the BG, and then add a fourth Pullman to the train, ‘Car 36’
This News Update from the Bulleid Society released yesterday shows recent work on both ‘Blackmore Vale’ and LSWR B4 ‘Normandy’.
