These passenger coaches were originally owned by the Metropolitan Railway. A number of these coaches were preserved by the Bluebell Railway.
Biography[]
The Railway Series[]
In 1962, Stepney came on loan to Sodor bringing his controller and a rake of coaches from the Bluebell Railway[1].
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
These coaches are the real Metropolitan Railway wooden bogie stock built by the Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co. and Cravens in 1898, owned by the Bluebell Railway.
The Bluebell Railway has three 1898–1900 Ashbury carriages and one built by Cravens, and a fifth, built at Neasden, is at the London Transport Museum.[2]
Livery[]
These coaches are currently painted in the Metropolitan Railway teak livery, but were painted brown and cream from 1962-1967.
Appearances[]
Gallery[]
The Railway Series[]
Main Series[]
Miscellaneous[]
Others[]
References[]
- ↑ The Railway Series: Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine "Bluebells of England"
- ↑ "The history of the carriages". Bluebell Railway (29 July 2007). Retrieved on 15 January 2012.
Locomotives | Stepney* | Bluebell and Primrose | Cromford | Adams | Captain Baxter | Fenchurch | Birch Grove |
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Rolling Stock | Metropolitan Railway Coaches |
People | Bluebell Railway Controller |