Autumn Engineering Update 2021
With Autumn upon us & restrictions further lifted the team has progressed on with the painting of the frames with the first top coat black being applied to the frame plates before the weather inevitably turns too cold to make any further progress…
Summer Engineering Update 2021
Having got back into the swing of things whilst still restricted with access to the main workshop, in part due to Covid restrictions as well as trying to safe guard the business & paid staff against Covid related downtime, the main push was to crack on in the fresh air…
Fenchurch 150: Frames sent to Statfold Barn 2021
Terrier No. 72 ‘Fenchurch’ rolling chassis left the Bluebell Railway on the 14th of April for Statfold Engineering in Staffordshire for overhaul…
Restoration Re-starts Spring 2021
Following a year of lock downs, uncertainties and national Covid restriction in the early part of 2021, The team was finally able to get back on site to make a restart on Project 27 and reflect on the challenges faced from inactivity on the project and to catch-up with where we left off over a year ago…
Fenchurch 150: Bluebell News Reports 2020
The boiler from Fenchurch has been lifted so a thorough assessment of its condition can be made to allow a scheme of repair to be drawn up for agreement with the boiler inspector…
Covid Lock down restrictions 2020
Unfortunately due to the worldwide Covid Pandemic & lockdown measures currently brought into effect, the restoration of No.27 Primrose has been stopped in accordance with government guidelines in the interest of public health…