Some Archive Pictures of SECR No.27

At the weekend we were given a few photographs of No.27 in the early days of the Bluebell Railway.  they were taken on June 15thn 1961 by Fox Photos.

There is also an interesting commentary on the back of the photos, along with a description of the subject of the photograph.

We would like to thank Richard Clarke for letting us have these important photographs.

The description of the visit to the railway 

This is actually Bluebell Halt, just south of Horsted Keynes.

Arriving in the Up Platform at Sheffield Park having shunted across from the Down Platform.

This train has arrived on the down platform and will shunt across to the up platform.

These pictures are fascinating and very interesting in the Bluebell Railway history.  A great find.

We have also had a couple of pictures donated by Peter Gilbert, one of Fenchurch and the other featuring both Fenchurch and 27 these are shown below

Fenchurch leading 27 down Freshfield Bank.  Driver Dick Cawley on Fenchurch

Fenchurch with the LNWR Observation car at Horsted Keynes

Contact Information

To make a donation, please go to the Bluebell Trust's donation page at: 

 https://www.bluebell-railway.com/make-a-donation/ 

You will then need to select "P27 - Restoration of SECR P Class No27" from the pull down menu.

To visit our on line shop please click the link below:

Home | The Fenchurch Fund - Project 27 (square.site)

where you will find many items for sale, including clothing, gifts, railwayana, books and soon, models!

For general correspondence and other enquiries, please email us at:

thefenchurchfund@gmail.com

For more details on the history of No.27 please go the the Loco 27 page on the Bluebell Railway website:

Locomotives under overhaul - Bluebell Railway in Sussex (bluebell-railway.com)

We would like to thank our supporters for their continued encouragement, donations and injections of humour and goodwill over the last two difficult years.  It is much appreciated by the team.

We look forward to seeing you at various events over the coming year.  we are already getting invitations to attend shows away from the railway as well as the usual "big days" on the railway.