Bluebell Railway Built at Brighton 2008

26th April 2008 to 27th April 2008

The Bluebell Railway Built at Brighton Weekend was held on 26 and 27 April 2008 to say farewell to 55 Stepney and 32473 (Birch Grove) both of which are being withdrawn for overhaul.

Both locomotives were built at the Brighton Locomotive Works of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR). All engines in use during the weekend were built at Brighton.

32473 steams south past the Kingscote fixed Distant signal with the goods train. 26.04.2008	21C123 OVS Bulleid enters the site of West Hoathly station. 26.04.2008	Stepney and Fenchurch emerge from West Hoathly tunnel. 26.04.2008	80151 steams south across West Hoathly foot crossing. 26.04.2008
The signalman waits with the single line token as, in the distance, Fenchurch and Stepney depart from Kingscote. 26.04.2008	32473 shunts the goods brake van at Kingscote. 26.04.2008	Fenchurch and Stepney accept the single line token as they leave Kingscote. 26.04.2008	21C123 OVS Bulleid steams north towards Ketches Halt with a service train. 26.04.2008
The bluebells are just appearing in the foreground as 32473 hauls the goods train north from Deans Crossing. 26.04.2008	32473 poses next to the signal box at Kingscote. 26.04.2008	21C123 OVS Bulleid runs round at Sheffield Park. 26.04.2008	32473 and 80151 double head a service train south towards Sheffield Park. 26.04.2008

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