I hope you are all ok.
Yesterday mummy, daddy and I all went to the Bluebell Railway. I know you are probably thinking we go a lot. Well we are all members and it's our most local steam railway so it makes sense for us to go more often.
Yesterday though was rather special at the Bluebell. A special shed known as Atlantic house was open. Inside is a locomotive which is being built, it's a new Brighton H2 Atlantic locomotive. It will be called Beachy Head.
There are no examples of this type of locomotive preserved so this is a very special project not only for the Bluebell but for the preservation movement too. Originally there were 6 of these locomotives produced between June 1911 and January 1912 with them being withdrawn from service and scrapped between and 1956 and 1958.
Fundraising for this project continues so that the work can be completed so they hold open days at the shed and have a book sale, railwayana sale and auction. I hope they made lots of money after the last two days (I certainly bought lots of books to help them out).
More information on the project with ways of donating can be found online at www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/locos/atlantic/
We also had a trip on the train to East Grinstead and back which made the day even better!
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.
I'm off to Brooklands now so speak to you later.
Lots of love
Ben
Chilling with Stepney
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