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[]
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Annuals
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BR Standard Class 4MT No. 80064[]
80064 is a BR Standard 4MT tank engine and was built in Brighton Works in June, 1953.
appears in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel.
GWR 3200 Class No. 9017 Earl of Berkeley[]
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Gallery[]
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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Livery[]
Fenchurch is painted in the London Brighton & South Coast Railway's Marsh Umber livery with white and black lining and a white roof. Her name is painted on her side tanks and "No. 672" is painted on her 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.
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.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
Birch Grove was painted in the LB&SCR Marsh Umber livery with white and black lining and with her name painted on her side tanks in yellow. For a limited time, in February 2005, she was painted in BR lined black. After re-entering service in January 2010, she carried the 1920s Southern Railway olive green livery.
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Annuals
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Trivia[]
- Birch Grove's Days Out with Thomas face is now privately owned.
SECR H Class No. 263[]
263 is a SECR H class tank engine from the Bluebell Railway. It appears in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel.
SR U Class No. 1638[]
Appears in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel
West Country Class Blackmoor Vale[]
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.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
No. 178. Built in 1910. Arrived at the Bluebell in 1969. Returned to traffic on 27 February 2010 following extensive overhaul. The locomotive was restored to full SECR goods livery in 2010. 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 has the same crack since when it arrived in 1969. 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. Boiler certificate expired in October 2020 No. 178 is presently on static display at One:One Collection in Margate, the engine is placed in the entrance hall.
See also[]
- Stepney -
- Bluebell and Primrose -
- Adams -
- Cromford -
- Captain Baxter -
References[]
| 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 |