The ever popular 'Branch Line Weekend' at the Bluebell Railway, this year held over the weekend of March 15th-17th, ran with a strong London and South Western Railway theme, with both visiting engines being products of the LSWR; 0298 'Beattie Well Tank' Class - 30587 and O2 Class - 24 "Calbourne".
For the Friday of the event, three regular passenger services were in use over the full length of the line, as opposed to the Split-Line running the event features on Saturdays and Sundays.
However, the Friday of the gala was to feature a very special working, as an LSWR cavalcade, comprised of four Ex-LSWR locomotives in BR Black, made its way from Sheffield Park to Horsted Keynes in the afternoon. Hauled by the visiting pair of LSWR locomotives, the consist featured the freshly turned out pairing of 0415 'Adams Radial' Class - 30583, and B4 Class - 30096 "Normandy" (name not carried), with the four locomotives subsequently being lined up shoulder to shoulder for a photographic opportunity at the North end of Horsted Keynes station.
Locomotives:
Ex-LSWR O2 Class - 24 "Calbourne"
Ex-LSWR 0298 Class - 30587
Ex-SR Q Class - 30541
SE&CR H Class - 263
SE&CR O1 Class - 65
Ex-LSWR 0415 Class - 30583
Ex-LSWR B4 Class - 30096
Over Saturday and Sunday, SE&CR P Class - 178 would also be joining the locomotive fleet operating at the gala.
All footage filmed on Friday the 15th of March 2019.
15 окт 2024
