Bluebell News Summer 2010
2010 is proving to be a busy year for the railway and this is reflected in the pages of latest edition of the Society's magazine.
There is coverage of events of May 17th when Stepney's arrival at Horsted Keynes was re-enacted in the presence of our President, Bernard Holden M.B.E., who chaired the initial meeting which established the Society in 1959 and who is now 102 years old.
The Locomotive Department report covers the final stages of Baxter's overhaul as well as the entry into traffic of SE&CR P Class No. 178, its debut at Sheffield Park. Its sister, Bluebell, is nearing completion prior to the anniversary weekend in August when it is expected ro recreate the first train with Stepney.
Also included are the latest developments of the Northern Extension, notes concerning the museum and news of the carriage shed, whose framing is now being erected at Sheffield Park.
Click on the cover image to see preparations being made at Sheffield Park in 1960. BRPS, 36 pages.