Bluebell Railway - Eric Kemp
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27 at Sheffield Park. 27.09.1971. The station cottages are behind the engine but largely hidden by it.
27 ready to leave Sheffield Park, with the Observation Car behind the engine. 26.07.1969
P class No 27 receiving some care and attention at Sheffield Park on Sunday 07.05.1972
27 at Horsted Keynes. 16.03.1969. Building materials were on the dock in connection with the construction of the carriage shed.
27 arrives at Sheffield Park with the Wealden Rambler. 16.03.1969
Eric Kemp's favourite at the time, 27 at Sheffield Park. 28.06.1970
27 at Sheffield Park. 26.07.1969
27 at Sheffield Park. 26.07.1969 The bracket signal had yet to be constructed north of the station.
27 at Sheffield Park on Sunday 28.03.1971
27 at Horsted Keynes. 29.09.1968
27 at Horsted Keynes. 29.09.1968
Horsted Keynes on 16.03.1969. 27 is in there somewhere! No canopy on Platform 1 & 2 in those days; indeed no track in Platform 1. The conductor rail has vanished and the arm has been removed from the Platform 2 Down starting signal. The lattice post is now in use for the Outer Home signal at Sheffield Park.
USA tank 30064 in immaculate condition at Sheffield Park on Sunday 07.05.1972
323 Bluebell at Horsted Keynes. 14.06.1970
323 Bluebell being coaled up at Sheffield Park. 21.10.1984
323 Bluebell taking water at Sheffield Park. 17.07.1971
323 Bluebell at Sheffield Park. 21.10.1984
323 Bluebell at Sheffield Park. 08.03.1970
Bluebell at Sheffield Park. 05.10.1969
Bluebell at Sheffield Park. 08.03.1970
Bluebell before it had tankside crests. 16.03.1969 In the foreground the picture catches a permissive shunt signal, yellow with black stripe. It allowed a driver to pass the signal except when going out to the main line. It was commonly found at the exit from yards or sidings, allowing shunting to take place within the yard without the signalman being involved. This example is a miniature arm but the disc version was more common. Such signals are no longer used on the Bluebell Railway.
Bluebell heading out of Sheffield Park. 05.10.1969
Bluebell and SECR coach 1061 leaving Horsted Keynes. 31.05.1970
323 Bluebell at Horsted Keynes. 27.06.1971
Stepney. 08.03.1970
55 Stepney at Sheffield Park. 21.10.1984
Fenchurch at Sheffield Park on 12.08.1973
Fenchurch moving towards the shed at Sheffield Park. 24.05.1970
72 Fenchurch under repair at Sheffield Park. 17.07.1971
72 Fenchurch by the water tower at Sheffield Park. 08.03.1970
The Newhaven Harbour Company named side of No 72 at Horsted Keynes. (At the time the engine had different identities on each side). 29.09.1968 Behind the locomotive the signal is up (off) for a shunt towards the Down yard.
72 at Horsted Keynes with the Wealden Rambler. 29.09.1968
Birch Grove at Horsted Keynes. 14.06.1970 The ringed arm on the signal denotes entry to a siding or headshunt.
473 Birch Grove at Sheffield Park. 16.03.1969
Birch Grove enters Horsted Keynes whilst No 27 shunts coaching stock. 05.07.1970
The North London Tank at Sheffield Park on Sunday 21.10.1984
The North London Tank at Sheffield Park. 21.10.1984
The North London Tank at Sheffield Park on the 10th Anniversary. 02.08.1970
The North London Tank, then numbered 2650, at Sheffield Park. 08.03.1970
Sheffield Park station, looking north, in 1989
Sheffield Park station, looking south in 1989. At the time the side of the running shed was still open.
Standard 4 75027 at Sheffield Park. 16.03.1969
Another view of 75027. 16.03.1969
Tender view of 75027. 16.03.1969
75027 with connecting rods removed (the loco had only recently arrived). 16.03.1969
75027. 05.10.1969
488 waiting to leave Sheffield Park in 1989
488 in the shed at Sheffield Park on the 10th Anniversary. 02.08.1970