Aside from those featured in Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine, several other real engines currently on the Bluebell Railway have appeared in various pieces of The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends media. For a comprehensive list on all locomotives - click here.
BR Standard Class 4MT No. 75027[]
75027 is a BR Standard 4MT tender engine and was built by Swindon Works in May 1954.
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BR Standard Class 4MT No. 80064[]
80064 is a BR Standard 4MT tank engine and was built by Brighton Works in June 1953. Belle shares the same class as her.
It appeared in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel.
GWR 3200 Class No. 9017 Earl of Berkeley[]
9017 Earl of Berkeley is a GWR 3200 Earl class engine and was built by Swindon Works in 1938.
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LB&SCR A1 Class No. 672 Fenchurch[]
Fenchurch is an LB&SCR A1 class "Terrier" tank engine who lives on the Bluebell Railway.
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Fenchurch is painted in the London Brighton & South Coast Railway's Marsh Umber livery with white and black lining and a white roof. Its name is painted on its side tanks and "No. 672" is painted on its front bufferbeam, both in yellow.
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- Fenchurch is the oldest engine in the Bluebell Railway's heritage collection, being built in 1872.
- Stepney and Boxhill are other members of this class.
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LB&SCR E4 Class No. 32473 Birch Grove[]
Birch Grove is an LB&SCR E4 class tank engine preserved on the Bluebell Railway.
It was seen in the 1980 Annual and later appeared in Hashire! The "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" Steam Locomotive is Alive! under its British Railways number, 32473. In the documentary, Gaku Hamada learns on Birch Grove how to clean, fire and drive a steam engine and cooks eggs in its firebox on the shovel.
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Birch Grove was painted in the LB&SCR Marsh Umber livery with white and black lining and with its name painted on its side tanks in yellow. For a limited time, in February 2005, it was painted in BR lined black. After re-entering service in January 2010, it carried the 1920s Southern Railway olive green livery.
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- Birch Grove's Days Out with Thomas face is now privately owned.
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SECR H Class No. 263[]
263 is an SECR H class tank engine from the Bluebell Railway. It appeared in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel.
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SR U Class No. 1638[]
1638 is an SR U class tender engine. It appeared in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel.
SR West Country Class No. 21C123 Blackmoor Vale[]
Blackmoor Vale is an SR West Country class tender engine. Rebecca, Winston Churchill and Swanage are also members of this class.
SE&CR P Class No. 178 Pioneer II[]
Pioneer II also known as "Nettle" is a tank engine of the same class as Bluebell and Primrose who lives on the Bluebell Railway.
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No. 178 was built in 1910. It arrived at the Bluebell in 1969. It returned to traffic on 27 February 2010 following an extensive overhaul and was restored to full SE&CR goods livery. However in late 2014, after four years in ticket the locomotive failed with issues with its cylinder block. After a repair which failed, it was found that the cylinder block had the same crack since when it arrived in 1969. No. 178 saw out the remainder of its ticket on light duties only, including a spell operating shuttle trains at the National Railway Museum in York during 2017. Its boiler certificate expired in October 2020. No. 178 is presently on static display at the One:One Collection in Margate and is placed in the entrance hall.
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| Locomotives | Stepney | Bluebell and Primrose | Cromford | Adams | Captain Baxter | Other Bluebell Railway Locomotives |
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| Rolling Stock | Metropolitan Railway Coaches |
| People | Bernard Holden |