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Q1 Class – The Real thing

Just a quick blog today to publish a couple of photographs I have of the National Railway Museum’s Q1 class C1 waiting to leave Sheffield Park in 1994.  The only preserved Q1 class; C1 is now a static exhibit.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it was overhauled into working condition again!  With the Mid-Hants (Watercress)…

23/02/2012 in Bluebell Railway, Era - Grouping, Real Locomotives, Region - Southern.

The Power of the Merchant Navy Class

One of my fondest steam train memories is watching 35027 Port Line pull out of Sheffield Park station in 1995.  This locomotive didn’t stay at the Bluebell Railway, as they found it too expensive to run, but it’s shear size and power left a lasting impression on me that would last a lifetime.  I’ve included…

20/01/2012 in Bluebell Railway, Era - Post Nationalisation, Real Locomotives, Region - Southern.

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