Bluebell Railway General Discussion

The best comment on there so far is someone saying it's a Western Region 4-6-0 so they could have used anything including a Manor and a Castle and it would have looked the same!

Cheers,

PLP

 

Maybe not anything…

 

Is that a King?

 

Its **king ugly
Pat

 

Hopefully they have negotiated a suitably daft hire rate with the production company that it ensures its next overhaul is funded- the cost and waste in TV and film is ridiculous so they will hopefully get a good bite at the cherry.

Chris

 

The Bluebell have shared this link to the BBC on their Facebook page.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles...kEKOagzAqEsPkxG5al_aem_oPvyjt5PjusF8FffC-GwXA

Says the loco will spend 6 months of the year filming and then return to the Bluebell. Also says a team from the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre will supervise the loco during filming and ensure it's maintained properly.

I did see a few weeks back that they are building a Kings Cross Platform 9 3/4 set at the studios, but not sure if they intend to use a railway for other scenes involving the loco.

 

3 mk1s have been bought for the filming work as well. 2 SKs and 1 TSO.

 

Will they survive the filming?

 

Markoneus Evanesco.

 

Do you know who's, out of curiosity?

Tom

 

No idea but there is a place in the N.W. that has a lot of spare maroon Mk1's

 

It's good to know that they still want to use physical stock, rather than generating it all with CGI+AI.

 

I agree, it's great they actually chose to use a real locomotive and carriages, in this day and age they could just have used CGI.

 

I was under the impression it was only at Bluebell til the end of '26 so will it literally go back for the Christmas season?

 

We are only in 2025 right now …

Tom

 

I was under the impression it was currently only staying until the end of this year until I saw the article, but did wonder if the loan to the Bluebell would be extended, given that 263, 323 and 541 are yet to return. I'd assume filming will be taking place in the Autumn/Winter into 2026 period when the Bluebell runs fewer services or shutdown for maintenance.

 

What did you put that photo on for. No doubt a group will now be formed to build the missing link.

Bob.

 

This makes a change - referencing the name of the locomotive without spurious additions of the definite article.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jwznl8d45o

 

The latest edition of The Bluebell Times is now available for July.

In This Month's Edition:

• Summary of the BRPS AGM - Gordon Parry elected as a new Trustee, and John Knight stands down
• Restoration updates for Q class 541 and 9F 92240
• Progress on multiple fronts in the Carriage and Wagon Workshop
• Carriage Shop donates £500 to the Bluebell Goods Division - and a few of their latest special edition OO gauge wagon models are still available to buy

https://www.bluebell-railway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/issue-71.pdf

Tom

 

As ever, a really good read. Thankyou Tom

Steve B