The Bluebell Railway held its 'GIANTS of STEAM' gala on Friday 11th to Sunday 13th October 2024.
A total of five locomotives were in action including new-build LBSCR H2-class 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 No.32424 "Beachy Head" and visiting LNER A4-class 4-6-2 No.60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley", making the third member of the class to have visited the railway in the past decade.
The full line-up was as follows...
- LNER A4-class 4-6-2 No.60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley"
- LBSCR H2-class 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 No.32424 "Beachy Head"
- SR rebuilt 'Battle of Britain'-class 4-6-2 No.34059 "Sir Archibald Sinclair"
- BR(W) 6959-class 'Modified Hall' 4-6-0 No.6989 "Wightwick Hall"
- BR 'Standard 5'-class 4-6-0 No.73082 "Camelot"
Sequences in this video are as follows...
- 6989: Horsted Approach and Horsted Keynes x2
- 32424+73082: Horsted Keynes
- 34059: Horsted Keynes
- 60007+34059: Kingscote
- 60007: Horsted Approach and Horsted Farm Bridge
- 73082: Horsted Keynes and West Hoathley Tunnel
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