Bluebell Railway Web site.

Good news! But I was really wondering if any other railway has SECR coaches. I know the KESR uses a Birdcage brake in its breakdown train, and the KWVR has one coach; how many others are there and does the Bluebell intend to hire them in?

The Bluebell has, in addition to the 'Hundred Seaters' at least two other SECR coaches, can anyone offer advice on their progress?

Regards

 

The IoWSR has three - http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/the-railway/carriages-a-wagons/79.html

 

KESR has three in service (including a Birdcage) and another 4-wheeler due to enter service in 2011.
http://www.kesr.org.uk/stock-register/coaching-stock/110-secr.html

 

So, if the Bluebell wants to splash out it could really be a SECR gala then!

Regards

 

As well as the three SECR bogie vehicles (two in traffic and one undergoing long term repair) the IoWSR has four LCDR four wheelers in traffic.

http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/the-railway/carriages-a-wagons/78.html

Happy New Year

Nick

 

To give a foretaste of what we might expect to see at the SECR gala if the Bluebell do try and borrow the K&ESR's carriages he's a couple of photos from the charter we had with the O1 on the K&ESR 29/4/09. http://david422.fotopic.net/p58584285.html http://david422.fotopic.net/p58584287.html

 

As much as hiring in coaching stock from the IOWR would be fantastic, all the coaching stock is Air-Braked and could only run with either 672 (Which would have been withdrawn by November) or B473 which doesn't keep to the theme much...Stock from the KESR is a possibilty! During the filming of Wind in the Willows some vintage coaches were hired from the KESR and ran at the Bluebell so stranger things have happend!!!

 

The loco roster for Feb isn't up yet, does anyone know what's happening this weekend?

Regards

 

The "trains for the coming week" page is a much more reliable way of finding out what's going on http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pti/index.html

 

Thank you for that, page bookmarked.

Regards

 

The KESR birdcage is a service vehicle and is regularly used as part of the vintage set, although it has been known to appear with the crane on gala days for photographic purposes.

 

According to the Bluebell's Facebook Group, the O1 could be going into the works for overhaul in November to hopefully be ready to steam again in 2013.

 

Looks like there is a big push at the Bluebell with the removal of waste material from Imerhorne cutting. Can’t be that long before all the waste/land fill material is removed from the cutting.

http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/ext/extprog.html#feb11




My latest MHR February photos here.

http://lee.mediaobjects.co.uk/

 

It's still funding dependent! The next set of tip trains will run for 4 weeks, but that still leaves probably 17 - 18 weeks to go, at £125k per week (unless even more efficiencies can be found in how the waste is handled). The funding gap was stated as £2.2m in the last Bluebell News; no doubt more has been raised since then, but that's still a lot of wonga to find if you want to see trains running into EG any time soon. So chequebooks out, chaps! It's basically £25 per ton, £20 if you donate in a way where the Bluebell trust can reclaim the gift aid. See http://bluebellrailwaytrust.org.uk/supportus/6WF-1C4/donate.aspx?campaignkw=Donate

Tom

 

Good on the Bluebell for training up their volunteers and taking over the site management from costly contractors. Whilst I'm sure it will be a big burden for volunteers (late nights & early mornings etc) if the system works it'll be great to see them stretching every £ as far as it can possibly go...

 

Volunteers has nothing to do with it I am led to believe.

Apart from one volunteer Director I understand that everything else at the tip is contracted out.

Perhaps someone in the know will tell us what is going on , or will this be another chinese whisper?

Regards
Chris:

 

Er... from the Bluebell website:

Also, the overall site management is being done by the railway rather than contracted out to Land & Water. Both of these changes are as a result of experience gained at the first Waste by Rail trial.

Unless you know different?

Tom