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The locomotive became internationally famous for starring in Wilbert Awdry's Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine, part of The Railway Series, and the famous children's TV show Thomas & Friends, created by Britt Allcroft and later acquired by HIT Entertainment in the 2000s. On display in the newly refurbished display shed.
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway A1X Class number 55 Stepney, named after the district of Stepney, is a preserved steam locomotive based at the Bluebell Railway in East and West Sussex, England. Stepney is well known as the first standard gauge engine to be based at the Bluebell Railway, arriving by rail on 17 May 1960. [1]
The Bluebell Railway is an 11 mi (17.7 km) heritage line in West Sussex in England.It is managed by the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. [1] It uses steam trains which operate between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, with intermediate stations at Horsted Keynes and Kingscote.
The new H2 class locomotives built by Brighton railway works and introduced between June 1911 and January 1912. They were an immediate success and shared with the H1 class the London to Brighton express trains including the heavily loaded Pullman services the Brighton Limited, and the Southern Belle, which the LB&SCR described as "the most luxurious train in the World".
Withdrawn 31 May 1962 and presented to the Canada Railway Historical Association. To Canada on MV Tautra 23 August 1963. On display at Canada National Railway Museum, Delson, Quebec. Preserved. 55 Stepney: 655, B655, 2655, 32655 21 December 1875 Rebuilt to A1X October 1912 Sold for £750 to the Bluebell Railway 17 May 1960. Preserved. [24] 56 ...
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The youngest member of the class, No. 323 Bluebell is one of the first two engines which worked passenger trains during the first year of the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. It arrived at the Bluebell in 1960 and remained a stalwart in the Bluebell's locomotive fleet between 1960 and 1998 when it was withdrawn pending overhaul.
No. 73082 Camelot is a preserved British Railways Standard Class 5 4-6-0 based on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, England, and owned by the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society.It was outshopped from Derby Works in 1955, and worked on the Southern Region of British Railways.