Sheffield Park Station
There are five collections covering the operational part of the line: (a) Sheffield Park Station; (b) the line from Sheffield Park to Horsted Keynes; (c) Horsted Keynes Station; (d) the line from Horsted Keynes to Kingscote and (e) Kingscote Station.
Signal boxes have separate collections: (a) Sheffield Park Signal Box; (b) Horsted Keynes Signal Box; and (c) Kingscote Signal Box (including the old southern box).
Photos relating to the Bluebell Railway's Northern Extension to East Grinstead are in several separate collections within the Photographic Tours index.
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Platform 2 at Sheffield Park on 01.12.2009. The nearest building is the former Isfield waiting room. This had been detached from the main building and moved south down the platform. It would eventually form the Bulleid bookshop. The site it formerly occupied is filled by a temporary marquee for the Santa season.
In January 2010 construction work started on Platform 2 at Sheffield Park Station. A new carriage shed and museum were to be built together with (separately) a wash out pit for locomotives and an Above Workshops Facility for staff. Some pictures appear in this gallery but there are huge collections covering every aspect of these works. See the Heritage Lottery Projects section within the main Bluebell Railway index. 24.01.2010
The carriage shed was formally opened on 16.06.2012 when the tape was broken by 1638 in front of an invited audience. Roy Watts, then Chairman, BRPS, is suitably dressed to act as Shunter, and the crew look on, awaiting direction. 5040 The opening is covered in more detail in the main Carriage Shed gallery.
The northern end of the carriage shed looking south. Provision was made for one track (A road) to extend out of the rear of the shed by means of roller shutter to form a siding that could be used for long term storage, but this idea was abandoned owing to lack of finance. The roller shutter was not installed, but the area in which it would have fitted can be clearly seen. The concrete base was also adapted for this egress, leaving a gap where the right hand wheelbarrow is positioned. 25.03.2011 6540