Bluebell Railway Galas 1990, UK @paulravenscroft1704

Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

A compilation of two 30 year old VHS videos taken at the Bluebell Railway in May and October 1990. Locomotives featured are:

BR 4-6-2 Class 'Merchant Navy' number 35027 'Port Line'
LBSCR 0-6-0T Class A1X number 55 'Stepney'
LSWR 4-4-2T Class 415 ('radial tank') number 488
BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT number 80064
SR 0-6-0 Class Q number 541
SR 4-4-0 Class 'Schools' number 928 'Stowe'
BR 0-6-0T Class 2F number 58850
LSWR 0-6-0T Class B4 number 96 'Normandy'
SE&CR 0-6-0 Class P number 323 'Bluebell'
BR 4-6-2 Class 'Battle of Britain' number 34072 '257 Squadron'
BR 2-10-0 Class 9F number 92240

Locomotives are shown in action between Sheffield Park and Hosted Keynes stations with an 'extension shuttle' running on the newly laid track towards East Grinstead. All locomotives shown, except 541, are currently out of service. 34072 was a visiting locomotive for the October Gala and is currently operational at the Swanage Railway.

British Railways 2-8-0 Class O4/1 number 63601 at the Great Central Railway in 2004

British Railways Class 9F 2-10-0 number 92134 in action at the Great Central Railway

BR locomotives 5526 and 3850 on passing trains at the Great Central Railway.

Cumbres & Toltec Railroad Photoshoot October 2007

BR 2-6-2T number 5526 on an Autotrain at the Severn Valley Railway in 2008

British Railways 2-6-2T Class 4575 number 5541 on a short freight train at the Dean Forest Railway

British Railways 30053 at the Swanage Railway in 2004

Great Central Railway in December 2001 with visiting locomotive 41312

Two Days at the Bluebell Railway in October 2007