B473 – Ex-LBSCR E4 Class 0-6-2 Tank
Saturday 23rd March 2013 will see the re-opening of the rail link between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead.
Sheffield Park Engine Shed 2011
Tonight’s Blog Post is a slideshow of pictures
Dukedog 9017 – A Vanishing Act!
In 2009, I witnessed the spectacle all steam enthusiasts love to see – a locomotive creating a massive cloud of steam that it disappeared in! Mistakenly I assumed that this was blowing steam out of every valve but I’ve been since corrected that the cause is likely to be caused by water coming out of…
SECR C Class 592 on the Bluebell Railway 2009
Following yesterdays review of Bachmann’s 00 scale model of Harry Wanwright’s South Eastern and Chatham Railway’s C class, comes a set of previously unpublished set of photographs of the sole survivor
0-4-0 Tank Engines on the Bluebell Line 2011
Following the recent reviews of Hornby’s 0-4-0 side-tank locomotives, today’s blog post look’s at two real 0-4-0 tank engines on
BR Standard 4MT Class Tank 80151
F0llowing yesterdays review of the Bachmann BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4 Tank, today we have a look at
Sheffield Park Engine Shed 2009
Last week we had a look at rebuilt Battle of Britain Class 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair in steam on the Bluebell Railway, this week we return to Sheffield Park in 2009 to have a look at a few
Rebuilt Battle of Britain Class 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
Last week saw the last of a series posts charting my steam adventures of my youth which are charted in the About page. So that there is some continuity and to pick up the Steam Diary where the About page finishes comes a few posts from a visit to the Bluebell Railway in 2009. We…
Locomotives on Display at Sheffield Park – part 2
Following from the post earlier in the week are a few more photographs of locomotives on display at the engine sheds at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway. We start with two views of the unique LSWR Adams radial
Locomotives on Display at Sheffield Park – part 1
August’s visit to the Bluebell Railway proved to be one of the most productive visits to a preserved line for photographs. Arriving early, I spent some time with the tripod in the engine shed before the crowds arrived, taking photographs. Today we look through some of these
Loco Yard 