Bluebell Railway East Grinstead Opening Festival Day Two - Sunday 24th March 2013

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Welcome to my video of Day Two of the Bluebell Railway's East Grinstead Opening Festival. The Bluebell Railway was granted planning permission to extend from Horsted Keynes to East Grinstead in 1985. Over the next 28 years many obstacles have had to be overcome to complete the project (more details can be found here... http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/extend.html) and finally on the 23rd March regular steam hauled trains between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead commenced.

To celebrate the Bluebell Railway is holding a mega 16 day opening festival of which I shall cover five days, links to my other videos below....

Saturday 23rd March... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VRDPgQrihY
Wednesday 27th March... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wTE4M3Y1Y
Thursday 28th March... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w1kUDsZZo
Easter Monday 1st April... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0SNZQG7RF0

For the second day of running to East Grinstead (again in freezing conditions with a bitter wind replacing the snow!) the 45 minute service was again in operation with the addition of a morning 'Grinsteade Belle'. Once again there were four trains, 9F no.92212, U no.1638, P no.178 piloting H no.263 and P no.323 'Bluebell' piloting E4 no.B473. My video shows station shots from East Grinstead, Kingscote and Sheffield Park.

Photos...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alts1985/sets/72157632784810904/

Locations and Locos...

B473 & 323 at East Grinstead.
B473 & 323 at Kingscote.
1638 at Kingscote.
B473 & 323 at Kingscote.
1638 at Kingscote.
178 & 263 at Kingscote.
92212 at Sheffield Park.
B473 & 323 at Sheffield Park.
1638 at Sheffield Park.

I should add a massive thank you to my fiancee Rebecca for accompanying me over the weekend in some of the worse conditions I can remember when out photographing steam trains. It was sooo cold!!

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