Date: 29/02/2012

A project to rebuild a historic stretch of steam railway in Sussex is moving into its final stage of completion. Work to extend the Bluebell Railway by two miles to allow trains to go to East Grinstead began over three years ago.

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Railway extension close to finish

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A project to rebuild a historic stretch of steam railway in Sussex is moving into its final stage of completion.

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View from the signal box at East Grinstead in March 1986. One of the much-loved Thumper DEMUs has just arrived at the platform [see image 21569].
Location: East Grinstead
Company: St Margaret^s Junction to East Grinstead (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)
/03/1986 Ian Dinmore

Bulleid West Country Pacific no 21C123 Blackmore Vale, lined out in Southern Railway colours, photographed at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway on 29 July 2001.
Location: Sheffield Park
Company: East Grinstead to Culver Junction (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)
29/07/2001 Peter Todd

Ex-North London Railway 0-6-0T no 58850 at Rowsley shed, thought to be around 1960, the year of its eventual withdrawal by BR. The locomotive spent its final years working on the Cromford and High Peak line. 58850 is now preserved on the Bluebell Railway.
Location: Rowsley
Company: Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway
//1960 K A Gray