Giants of Steam - Bluebell Railway

Barry Izbak · Oct 23, 2016

http://www.bluebell-railway.com/event/giants-of-steam/

One of the best events at the Bluebell next weekend. Looking forward to going up on the Sunday after what I hope is a good result against Naaarich.

Free vintage bus from Brighton every fifteen minutes and "intensive" steam services from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead all day including visiting engine 70000 Britainnia.

Fully expect a few anorak comments, but I know there are enough heritage rail fans here to make posting worthwhile.

atomised · Oct 23, 2016

Thanks for posting

BN9 BHA · Oct 23, 2016

Photo of the old Kemp Town station came up on Twitter today.
Photo taken in 1964.

junior · Oct 23, 2016

Thought Britannia had failed and been WD?

Danny-Boy · Oct 23, 2016

bn9 bha said:
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Photo of the old Kemp Town station came up on Twitter today.
Photo taken in 1964.

Loco looks like a Q class. Possibly 30530.

Cowfold Seagull · Oct 23, 2016

bn9 bha said:
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Photo of the old Kemp Town station came up on Twitter today.
Photo taken in 1964.

Love the picture. Looks like it belongs more from the 1930's than the 60's though! How times have changed in the last fifty years.

Danny-Boy · Oct 23, 2016

Cowfold Seagull said:
Love the picture. Looks like it belongs more from the 1930's than the 60's though! How times have changed in the last fifty years.

Us gricers have. Many of the people in the photo will be in nursing homes, or dead. And who wears ties for leisurewear these days?

Norman Baker suck my lozenge · Oct 23, 2016

Cowfold Seagull said:
Love the picture. Looks like it belongs more from the 1930's than the 60's though! How times have changed in the last fifty years.

Shutting down stations and getting rid of rail staff,it's progress apparently.

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BN9 BHA · Oct 23, 2016

Danny-Boy said:
Loco looks like a Q class. Possibly 30530.

I will take your word for it.

Cowfold Seagull said:
Love the picture. Looks like it belongs more from the 1930's than the 60's though! How times have changed in the last fifty years.

Great photo, it's hard to imagine seeing a station there now.
When I was a kid I went on the last train from Brighton to Kemp Town.

thedonkeycentrehalf · Oct 23, 2016

bn9 bha said:
Great photo, it's hard to imagine seeing a station there now.
When I was a kid I went on the last train from Brighton to Kemp Town.

Does the tunnel in the background still exist?

BN9 BHA · Oct 23, 2016

thedonkeycentrehalf said:
Does the tunnel in the background still exist?

Yes it does, well that entrance is still there at the back of Freshfield Industrial Estate, boarded up though.

Mr Bronson · Oct 23, 2016

The other end is under Elm Grove school.

Norman Potting · Oct 23, 2016

bn9 bha said:
............When I was a kid I went on the last train from Brighton to Kemp Town...........

How did you get back?

BN9 BHA · Oct 23, 2016

Mr Bronson said:
The other end is under Elm Grove school.

I didn't know that, I remember the viaduct over Lewes Road as I didn't live that far from it.

GT49er · Oct 23, 2016

Mr Bronson said:
The other end is under Elm Grove school.

The demolition of the Hartington Road bridge was a dreadful piece of vandalism. The brickwork on that bridge was like nothing I've ever seen elsewhere - just beautiful. It should have been listed.

BN9 BHA · Oct 23, 2016

Norman Potting said:
How did you get back?

Good point.

BN9 BHA · Oct 23, 2016

GT49er said:
The demolition of the Hartington Road bridge was a dreadful piece of vandalism. The brickwork on that bridge was like nothing I've ever seen elsewhere - just beautiful. It should have been listed.

Bridge?

Viaduct

I thought it was very similar to the one over Preston Road.

GT49er · Oct 23, 2016

bn9 bha said:
Bridge? Viaduct

I thought it was very similar to the one over Preston Road.

Bridge: single span. So not a viaduct.

Crossed the road diagonally, and of course on quite a hill, so it was sort of skewed in two planes. The bricks were laid diagonally - it was just a beautiful piece of work.

BN9 BHA · Oct 23, 2016

GT49er said:
Bridge: single span. So not a viaduct.

Crossed the road diagonally, and of course on quite a hill, so it was sort of skewed in two planes. The bricks were laid diagonally - it was just a beautiful piece of work.

Side where Cox's pill factory was.

Cemetery side, motor mechanics workshops underneath.
Surely this is a viaduct.

GT49er · Oct 23, 2016

bn9 bha said:
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Side where Cox's pill factory was.

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Cemetery side, motor mechanics workshops underneath.
Surely this is a viaduct.

Yes, it is a viaduct, but it isn't the bridge crossing Hartington Road!

This, on the other hand, IS the bridge across Hartington Road. Sadly no close up seems to be available.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=h...=oxoNWNKqKqfUgAbynZboAQ#imgrc=aK1HkOW3DXLG-M:

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