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Photographic submissions for inclusion on this page are welcome.
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Completed restoration of Horsted Keynes porch - Ray Wills - 1 February 2012 2 February
New stained glass and woodwork in Horsted Keynes porch - Ian Fribbens - 1 February 2012 New stained glass and woodwork in Horsted Keynes porch - Ian Fribbens - 1 February 2012


178 in platform 2 at Sheffield Park with the service train - Nathan Gibson - 29 January 2012 1 February
Drainage going in - John Sandys - 31 January 2012


Latest updates     -     Earlier updates     -     Latest Project News
Weekly train running information     -     Recent photo reports     -     Archive News

latest The Trains for the coming week page is updated weekly, with detailed information for visiting enthusiasts - but please note that notification of a train or service on that page does not necessarily imply that it is available to the public - all public services are listed in the Timetable.

Note: Throughout this site many of the photos are presented as small versions which can be clicked on to access the full-size image.


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See also a variety of photographic news reports listed further down this page.
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Latest photographic and video reports:

See also the News Reports listed above.
We are getting so many photo galleries submitted that we have decided that only the best, or most interesting can now be featured here.
Please note that some photos included below are taken by volunteers and staff during the course of their duties, and so may have been taken in areas not open to the general public (including those with photographers' permits/PTS). These photos are very valuable, since they enable the public to see these otherwise hidden facets of the railway, but visitors to the railway should note that they may be unable to visit these locations themselves.
Please note that the Bluebell Railway is not responsible for the content of external web sites.

Fotopic Please note that in early March 2011 all Fotopic domain names became inaccessible. It is not known whether they will return, but if people are able to provide links to alternative galleries, then those links will be updated. Regrettably, therefore, many links to useful and informative galleries below are now dead.

Apologies that this list is so out of date; I've just not had time to extract the entries from the regular blog posts... Older photographic updates are in the What's New Archive


What's been updated on the Bluebell Web Site?

Older updates are in the What's New Archive

latestlatestMost recent updates: See top of this page
 
Platform 1 at Sheffield Park, cleared of ballast - John Sandys - 26 January 2012 26 January

Stroudley Brake 949 - Richard Salmon - 25 January 2012


323 and 178 passing the down advance starter at Kingscote - Derek Hayward - 21 January 2012 25 January

Memorial garden at Horsted Keynes - Derek Hayward - 21 January 2012 Digging out the old ballast - Martin Lawrence - 24 January 2012 First-class corridor partition reinstated in Bulleid Composite - Dave Clarke - 2 January 2012

178 and 323 on the service train - Peter Edwards - 22 January 2012 24 January

Engineering work starts at Sheffield Park - John Sandys - 23 January 2012 Track lifted in platform 1 at Sheffield Park - Martin Lawrence - 23 January 2012 New path at Kingscote - Derek Hayward - 21 January 2012

178 and 323 at Leamland Bridge - Derek Hayward - 21 January 2012 23 January

Groundworks in progress for the 'Above Workshop Facilities' - Derek Hayward - 21 January 2012 Stock inside the new carriage shed - Derek Hayward - 21 January 2012 Sheffield Park Loco Washout Pit - Derek Hayward - 21 January 2012

20 January


B473 about to enter the tunnel - Ben Gray - 8 January 2012 17 January
32655 on Freshfield Bank during its photo charter  - Dave Bowles - 14 January 2012


32655 on Freshfield Bank during its photo charter  - Dave Braley - 14 January 2012 16 January
Cladding removed by the end of the day - Rob Faulkner - 18 December 2011


15 January
32655 on Freshfield Bank - David Haggar - 14 January 2012 Frozen at Sheffield Park - Tim Gray - 14 January 2012


323 with a special charter - Patrick Plane - 11 January 2012 13 January
55 'Stepney' at Sheffield Park - Martin Lawrence - 11 January 2012 P class 323 at Sheffield Park with Birdcage Brake - John Sandys - 12 January 2012


1638 with the first train of the day - David Chappell - 2 January 2012 6 January

B473 with Victorian Special - David Chappell - 2 January 2012 Sleeper changing in Rock Cutting - David Chappell - 2 January 2012

1638 at West Hoathly - Peter Austin - 2 January 2012 5 January
C-class with the Maunsell set at West Hoathly - Peter Austin - 2 January 2012 C-class with the Maunsell set at West Hoathly - Peter Austin - 2 January 2012


B473 with Victorian Train - Andrew Strongitharm - 2 January 2012 4 January 2012

1638 on the Bulleid/Mk.1 service set - Paul Pettitt - 2 January 2012 C-class with the Maunsell set - Paul Pettitt - 2 January 2012

Older updates are in the What's New Archive
or the 2010, the 2009, the 2008, the 2007, the 2006, the 2005, the 2004, the 2003, the 2002, the 2001, the 2000, the 1999 and the 1997-8 "What was new" archive pages.
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