Photo Review
(all photos: Mike Morant Collection)
15th September 1963
Bluebell Railway
Preservation Society
The Scottish Belle (3)
| Locos Used | 27 (31027), 55 (32655), CR 123, LSWR 120, 473 (32473) & 488 (30583) |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 123 + 120 | London Victoria - East Croydon - Stoats Nest Jn - Star Lane - Earlswood - Haywards Heath (2) |
| 488 + 473 | (2) Haywards Heath - Ardingley - Horsted Keynes |
| 27 (1) | Horsted Keynes - Sheffield Park |
| 55 (1) | Sheffield Park - Horsted Keynes |
| 473 + 488 | Horsted Keynes - Haywards Heath |
| 123 + 120 | Haywards Heath - Star Lane - East Croydon - London Victoria |
Note :
(1) 473 & 488 on rear.
(2) Originally uploaded as going to/from Brighton, Chris Totty believes the
train only went as far as Haywards Heath, the locos from London then going on to
Brighton for servicing/turning.
(3) There has been some debate regarding the tour name however the Webmaster
believes this was correctly named 'The Scottish Belle', despite the train
carrying 'The Blue Belle' headboard - it is reported that this same headboard
was carried on several similar trains of the period, all of which had other
names (e.g. 'Spring Belle' of 31/03/63).
Sources : Terry Jackson, Mike Morant & Chris
Totty
Photo Review
(all photos: Mike Morant Collection)
488 & 473 plus 123 & 120 at Haywards Heath.
123 & 120 at Purley Oaks, the former with a tender of white-painted coal!
From the
Andrew Fairholm ticket collection.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
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