The Bluebell Railway
29 September 2002
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Lucy, Henry and George on board the 1400 from Sheffield Park to Kingscote,
currently the terminus of the Bluebell Railway until the extension to East
Grinstead is opened.
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At Kingscote, our locomotive has run round and is reversing up to the train.
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No. 473 "Birch Grove" was built in 1898 for the London, Brighton and South
Coast Railway, and bought by the Bluebell Railway in 1962.
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The Bluebell Line was the UK's first preserved standard gauge
passenger railway, re-opening part of the Lewes to East Grinstead line of the
old London Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1960.
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A quick check of something before our departure back to the south.
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Lucy and the dogs stretch their legs
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Getting ready for departure.
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