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Bluebell Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Jamessquared, Feb 16, 2013.

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  1. Jamessquared

    Jamessquared Nat Pres stalwart

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    The latest issue of the Bluebell Times is now ready to download.

    In this issue:
    • Camelot stars at the Severn Valley - and in our Horsted Keynes flower beds!
    • 10 Bluebell staff obtain Emergency First Aid qualification
    • Bluebell work with Network Rail to monitor unstable earthworks
    • Own a piece of Bluebell History as the Sheffield Park Station clock is replaced.
    • More donations from the Carriage Shop to the Southern Railway Coach Group and the Bluebell Railway Goods Division
    • 2026 Gala Dates revealed
    You can read it here: https://www.bluebell-railway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/issue-74.pdf

    Tom
     
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    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Identity crisis I see at HK this weekend.:)

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    I'm not sure that's anything new, the real identity crisis appears to be at the south end of platforms 1/2, where the canopy columns seem to be turning maroon, along with a lot of filming gear piling up.
     
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    Downton?
     
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    Thought they were not making any more Downton TV/Films. Intrigued.
     
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    As far as I can recall, the "Downton" nameboard has been at the end of platforms 1/2 since the beginning of time, well, certainly well before the rebuilding began. I always presumed this was because the railway saw it as a kind of international flag-waver.
     
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    Apparently it is magnetic, so it comes and goes - I think there was a reason for having it today.

    Tom
     
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    johnofwessex Resident of Nat Pres

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    How about a Downton Abbey themed day?

    Hugh Bonneville lives nearby and you can have Bates being found in the vicinity of suspicious deaths, a sort of 'Who Didnt Do It'
     
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    Dan Hill Part of the furniture

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    Post on the Bluebell Facebook page says that, due to filming work on the railway, the railway will only be operating between Sheffield Park and Horsted Keynes and that Kingscote and East Grinstead stations will be closed tomorrow and Wednesday (14th and 15th October). On Thursday (16th October) full line trains will be running, but will not be stopping at Horsted Keynes and Kingscote.

    All the stations will be open again on Friday (17th October) for the first day of Giants of Steam.
     
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