Bluebell Railway - Motive Power - 4-VEP 3417 Gordon Pettitt

17th January 2009

4-VEP 3417 Gordon Pettitt was presented to the Bluebell Railway at a ceremony held at East Grinstead on 17 January 2009.

*** Please note that 3417 left East Grinstead on 22 January 2009 to go to Knights Rail Services at Eastleigh on loan. ***

AN UPDATE TO THE TRACKBED TOUR FROM THE IMBERHORNE LANE TIP TO EAST GRINSTEAD HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO THE KINGSCOTE TO EAST GRINSTEAD COLLECTION

4-VEP 3417 Gordon Pettitt stands at East Grinstead after it's presentation to the Bluebell Railway. 17.01.2009	Roy Watts (BPRS Chairman), Mac Macintosh (former Engineering Director SWT), Gordon Pettitt (former General Manager of the Southern Region of British Rail), Ginnie Waddingham (Mayor of East Grinstead), and Graham Flight (Chairman of Bluebell Railway PLC). East Grinstead 17.01.2009	Gordon Pettitt addresses the large crowd. East Grinstead 17.01.2009	Roy Watts, Chairman, BRPS, hands over Ł1 in payment for 3417! East Grinstead 17.01.2009
The nameplate and inscription on 4-VEP 3417 Gordon Pettitt. East Grinstead 17.01.2009	73109, a South West trains Electro-diesel named in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain hauls 4-VEP 3417 Gordon Pettitt into Platform 1 at East Grinstead Station. 17.01.2009	3417 Gordon Pettitt touches Bluebell metals for the first time. East Grinstead 17.01.2009	3417 Gordon Pettitt runs down the line that will link Network Rail with the Bluebell Railway. East Grinstead 17.01.2009
Looking north from the viaduct, 3417 Gordon Pettitt stands at East Grinstead. 17.01.2009	Having arrived at East Grinstead Station 3417 stands on Network Rail metals, prior to being shunted south on to the Bluebell Railway. Note the huge crowd at the far end of the platform. 17.01.2009	3417 Gordon Pettitt and 377134 at East Grinstead station. 17.01.2009	Having been fully shunted on to Bluebell metals 3417 Gordon Pettitt does not quite reach the viaduct, but is wedged slightly foul of the points that will eventually give access to the new Bluebell platform. East Grinstead 17.01.2009

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