As with most visits to the Bluebell Railway, last Sunday proved to be an absolute Southern Railway delight! Working alongside S15 class 847 was U class 1638, another machine owned by the Maunsell Locomotive Society. The locomotive is in it’s final year of operation, with its’ ten year boiler certificate coming to an end soon. …
I was happy on Sunday to catch the Bluebell Line’s S15 class 847 in action. It had been many years since I had seen it in action before and it was as impressive as I remembered it! The S15 class is a classic British two cylinder 4-6-0 design with its origins in pre-grouping…
After visiting the Bluebell Railway on Sunday, I thought it would be a good time to post a quick update from Sheffield Park works. We begin with a brief look of recently overhauled Maunsell Q class 30541, sporting (for the first time in preservation) a British Railways late crest, as pictured above. I was…
