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1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and Video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP
Carriage Restoration Technical Links (on a separate page)

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1. Bluebell Railway Related Pages on other servers:

• The Maunsell Locomotive Society has five Maunsell-designed Southern Railway locomotives based on the Bluebell, and excellent web pages about them.
• The latest News from the Maunsell Locomotive Society.
• The Bulleid Society have two locomotives based at Sheffield Park, and also have their own web site.
• The Camelot Locomotive Society, owners of BR Class 5 locomotive No.73082 'Camelot'.
• The O1 and Wainwright Interest Group pages for SER O1 locomotive No.65.
• Lewis Nodes has some excellent pages on his team's loco restoration projects.
• See the latest photos of loco workshop activities on Lewis Nodes' Photo News Pages
• A Canadian's experience of Clive Groome's Footplate Days and Ways Steam Loco Driving Courses at the Bluebell - details of the Bluebell's footplate experience are here.
• Subterranea Britannica has details, maps and photos of West Hoathly and Ardingly Stations.
• Our NLR tank locomotive was, until 2005, on loan to the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway at Wirksworth, and then Barrow Hill Round House.
• The National Railway Museum at York and Shildon.
• The Bluebell railway is Twinned with the Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik.
• Christopher and Diana Awdry's pages for young volunteers feature our 9F Club.

• Links to pages about the TV film of "The Railway Children" which used the Bluebell as the railway location:
  • Edith Nesbit and The Railway Children, and that site's pages for the 2000 film.
  • Three pages of our own describing the role of the Bluebell Railway, and the rolling stock used in the film.
  • There's also a bit on our Film and TV Location services page.
  • The Bluebell is pleased to have been able to assist in fundraising for the Railway Children charity.
  • VideoDetective has a trailer video.
  • The Movies Online page for The Railway Children (2000)
  • A series of "Railway Children" Walks in our area

• Photos of the Bluebell on other sites:
  • Photo reports of special events, etc, are included at the top of the archive of the relevant year's What Was New page, with the recent photo reports on the current "What's New" Blog page.
  • Tony Pearce has some nice pages of Bluebell photos taken in recent years and at recent special events.
  • Jon Bowers' pages of Bluebell photos. Includes coverage of many recent special events.
  • Jon Horrocks has some pages of his photos, including a page providing Photos of (eventually) all the Bluebell's Locos
  • Roger Stronell's Bluebell Railway Photo Gallery.
  • Michael Taylor has some photos of Bluebell Locos in action, including several fine photos of the SER O1 No.65.
  • Paul Pettitt has a fine website with many photos taken around the Bluebell.
  • Sean Tompsett has a gallery showing the best of his recent Bluebell photos
  • Nick Beck has an extensive Bluebell Photo Album, and a Diary of his involvement on the Bluebell.
  • Photo album from Andrew Strongitharm.
  • David Pratt's photo gallery
  • Bluebell volunteer Tony Frost's photos.
  • Ashley Smith's photos.
  • Derek Hayward's photos.
  • Visit report in Japanese from Katsumi Suzuki.
  • Photo report on a visit to the line by the Maycock family.
  • Photos taken on the Bluebell by John Hurst during the early eighties are part of his Railway Photograph Catalogue.
  • Photos of a visit to the line by Colin Parsons in May 1999 (9F, Q1 and 75027).
  • John Russell has a large number of photos of the Bulleid Q1 taken in September 1998.
  • Stephen Parker's photos of a day out on the Bluebell Railway in 1963.
  • Robin Frankham has a page of Bluebell railway photos taken over several years.
  • Dave Searle's page of photos of Stepney.
  • Tim Cowen has a gallery of Bluebell photos on his SteamPics site.
  • Dave Stickland has a gallery of photos, mainly concerning mechanical signalling, including the Bluebell.
  • Anthony Houghton's Strolling Guide to the Bluebell Railway includes several photos of the line.
  • Ron Fisher has some photos of the Bluebell taken in 1960 before and after the Bluebell line re-opened.
  • The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway's gallery of photos of our NLR tank loco at Wirksworth.

• Bluebell related artwork:
  • The Streamline Gallery, from the Bluebell's resident artist, Matthew Cousins.
  • John Cowley GRA has his railway paintings and Bluebell photos (which are in the "Studio") at railwayarts.com.
  • Ian Richardson graphics have an A3 illustration of our loco "Camelot" available on their web site.
  In addition, for engineering drawings:
  • Heritage Drawings by Bluebell member Fred Bailey (who has already prepared over 200 engineering drawings for the Bluebell Railway Atlantic Group).

• Audio files of Bluebell Steam:
  • Michael Taylor's and Ian Bowskill's audio recordings of Bluebell Steam on this site.
  • Camelot Loco Society have some Audio files.

• Video files of Bluebell Steam are listed elsewhere on this site.

1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP

2. Other railway web pages of interest:

• Heritage Railways Association - all the information and links for all the UK Heritage Railways.
• Dave Searle has some excellent pages giving background information on the London Brighton & South Coast Railway and a comprehensive LBSCR/SR bibliography.
• Mick Field's Source guide to magazine entries for the Southern Railway (and most related topics)
• Mike Nichols' extensive pages of photos of Stroudley Terriers.
• West Sussex Records Office have a significant archive of railway material relating to the LBSCR.
• A website documenting the publicity material of the Southern Railway and its ancestors and descendents, from Tony Hillman.
• Disused Stations on the lines radiating from Tunbridge Wells West (including East Grinstead High Level).
• The story of BR's first female guard, Helena Wojtczak
• Railway Ancestors Family History Society have a useful web site for railway geneology.
• The Southern Electric Group are owners of a pre-war Southern Railway 4 Cor electric multiple unit, and are also the enthusiast organisation covering the current and past Southern Electric scene.
• Southern Locomotives Ltd have had a long relationship with the Bluebell, with Port Line having run for many years on the Bluebell.
• The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society (owners of No.34081, "92 Squadron").
• The Merchant Navy Preservation Society website (owners of "Clan Line") from Eric Samuel.
• The "Wadebridge" 34007 web site - plenty about this Bulleid Pacific and its restoration, from Peter Richards.
• The Terrier Trust, who own Stroudley Terriers "Knowle" and "Bodiam", based at the K&ESR
• Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society website (owners of S15 No.E828 and custodians of "Lord Nelson")
• The Brighton Circle - for those with an interest in the LB&SCR.
• The South Western Circle - for those with an interest in the LSWR.
• The South Eastern & Chatham Railway Society (SECSOC) - covers the SECR, SER and LCDR.
• The Southern Railways Group for those interested in the Southern Railway, BR(S) and modern.
• The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway pages. The narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway was closed by the Southern Railway in 1935, and is now being re-created.
• The West Country Railway Archives site from Chris Osment.
• Nine Elms loco depot website.
• Brighton's Motive Power depots web site seeks to explain the history of Brighton depot, and the creation of the Brighton branch of the train driver's union, ASLEF.

• We are twinned with, and have exchanges of locomotives and working visits with, the Stoomtram Museum Hoorn-Medemblik in the Netherlands.

• Carriage Restoration Technical Links are on a separate page.
• The Pullman Society.
• Viktor Schiffer's Links for Wagon Enthusiasts page may be of interest.
• Piers Connor's Railway Technical Pages - a comprehensive resource on steam and modern railways.
• Infrasafe - The UK's rail safety labour supplier.
• The Railway Terminology Group are compiling a Glossary of Railway Terminology - just the place to look if you come across a word on this site you don't understand!
• The Signal Box - pages on all aspects of traditional signalling.

• As a result of the restoration of our Metropolitan Railway coaches, we have a common interest with the London Transport Museum, the London Underground Railway Society, the Vintage Carriages Trust, the revived Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co Ltd at Porthmadog, and Cravens Heritage Trains.
• The Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey Project has details of all preserved carriages.
• The Great Western (SVR) Association preserves and restores items of rolling stock, particularly carriages, from the Great Western Railway, and is based at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway.
• Martin Imber has a Web site with details of all Preserved Carriages, under development.
• The Historical Model Railway Society have an extensive web site, and have collated a lot of useful information both for modellers and those of us who model at 12 inches to the foot.
• The Norbury & South London Transport Club has its roots firmly in LB&SCR territory, although covering all forms of public transport.
• The Friends of Kidderminster Town Station is a similar organisation to our own Friends of Kingscote.
• Chingford & District Model Engineering Club have a fine live-steam 5" gauge Adams Radial Tank.

• Railwayana Collectors' Network (RCN):
  RCN features an email contact list for railwayana adverts, requests for information etc. Pages include information about single line tokens, GWR cabsides, and a railwayana photo gallery.
• The Railway Memorabilia Collectors Events Diary is provided by Tony Hillman.
• The Signal Lineman's Hut trades in vintage signalling equipment, etc.

• Bill Bedford has a list of Railway Societies, if what you're interested in is not listed above.
• TrainNet Forum provides a plethora of International Railway Links.
• 24 Hour Museum is a gateway to over 2,500 UK museums, galleries and heritage attractons.
• The Railways Archive: a free online archive of key historical documents relating to the history of the UK's railways.
• Link Rail UK is a web site with hundreds of links to other UK railway web sites. Our web site was one of their first "Recommended sites".
• John Tilly's comprehensive Transport Links
• Eagle Steam Resources have some useful steam links, and a particular interest in Yorkshire and the Settle & Carlisle line.
• The Trevellan transport portal has interesting transport policy papers, links, etc.
• railbritain.com provide considerable information about the national railway network, including information on the train operators, rolling stock, timetables, route maps, pictures and loads more.
• Steam.To provide links to other steam railways, in all gauges, plus model shops and manufacturers, and model railway clubs.
• Trainsimmers against Trespass: Stay safe on the Railways - Don't Trespass - Don't be another accident statistic.
• Shaun McCann's preserved-railways.net website aiming to chronicle many, if not all, of the UK's Heritage Railways. There's also a forum.

• UK Heritage Railways - Heritage Railway Association pages.
• LocoWatch News.

• Heritage Railway magazine web site, including late-breaking news which missed the last printed edition.

• The Puffing Billy Railway is Australia's premier steam railway, and several members of the Puffing Billy and Bluebell Railways have personal friendships.

3. Southern E-mail Group:

• For modellers of the Southern Railway, Region and its pre-grouping constituents, the Southern E-mail Group is worth joining. Its web site is a considerable resource on the Southern Railway. It is generally reckoned to be the liveliest railway discussion group on the net!
• One important Southern resource on the site are articles which appeared in The Railway Magazine, which are reproduced with permission.
• Personal SEmG inspired pages:
  • Mike Watts' Index of SR drawings.
  • Chris Gardner's Index of SR Modelling articles.
  • Martin Love's Index of SR Photographs.
  • Dave Searle has a useful and comprehensive page on LBSCR liveries.
  • Richard Salmon's Information about Stroudley Six-Wheelers and Drawings of Bulleid Side-light frames.
  • Michael Taylor's pages of photos of SR Structures and Signalboxes.
  • The Group's Index of SR Rolling Stock - Models and Kits.
  • The Group's FAQ on model SR ready-to-run carriages.
  • David Overall's Railway Pages, including a List of SR EMU names/codes.
  • Jonathan Hall's photos telling the story of the Hastings DEMU's holiday to the West Country to see the eclipse.
  • John Russell's Books index.

  • Photos from the group's 2000 outing to the Swanage Railway
  • Photos from the SEmG Kent & East Sussex Railway Outing in September 1999.
  • Mike Watts' Photos from the SEmG Isle-of-Wight Steam Railway Outing on September 12th 1998.
  • John Russell has made his photos of the SEmG 1998 Get-together on the Bluebell available.
  • Report of SEmG's first get-together, at the Bluebell in September 1997.
• SE-mG is a member of the UK Model Railways Web Community.

• The British Railway Modellers of Australia (BRMA) web site may be of interest.

1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP

4. Nearby Attractions:

• There is a series of Walks in the area on the WalkScene website
• The Ashdown Forest is a beautiful part of the country, and Gareth Price's Ashdown-Eyes website contains many fine photographs of the area.

• The South East England Tourist Board web site covers all attractions in the area.
• GETALIFEGUIDE.co.uk includes Theme Parks, Zoos, Tourist Attractions, Flying Lessons, Castles, Steam Railways, Farm Parks and loads more, for a fun family day out.
• The East Grinstead Tourist Guide provides details of other attractions in the area.
• Mid Sussex District Council also have details of local places of interest.
• SomewhereToGo has details of Sussex Tourist attractions.

• Borde Hill Garden, which is 1.5 miles north of Haywards Heath on the Balcombe Road.
• East Grinstead's historic Jacobean almshouse, Sackville College is in the High Street, easily accessible from our 473 Bus from Kingscote Station.
• National Trust properties in the area include:
  • Sheffield Park Garden - just ten minutes walk from Sheffield Park Station;
  • Standen, 2 miles south of East Grinstead;
  • Wakehurst Place (north of Ardingly, 2 miles from Horsted Keynes);
    - the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, web page for Wakehurst Place;
  • Nymans Garden at Handcross, near Haywards Heath.

• Trading Boundaries are importers of Indian furniture & artifacts, and have a licenced bar serving drinks and light meals as well. They are located just north of Sheffield Park on the A275, in what used to be the Sheffield Arms coaching inn.
• Other Heritage Railways in the area include:
  • Mid-Hants Railway
  • Kent & East Sussex Railway
  • Isle of Wight Steam Railway
  • Lavender Line
  • Spa Valley Railway
  • Rother Valley Railway
  • Epping Ongar Railway

1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP

5. Local Information:

Overnight/B&B Accommodation in the area.
Robert Philpot's HorstedKeynes.com web site - and a webcam in Horsted Keynes village, plus another which is particularly handy for seeing what the weather is like in the area.
St. Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes also has its own web site.
There are two pubs in Horsted Keynes, both regularly tested by us for the quality of their beer and food: The Green Man, (doesn't yet seem to have a new website) and The Crown Inn.
The Cat Inn at West Hoathly is another regular pub for some Bluebell volunteers.
The Oak, Ardingly is another local pub.
The Old Mill (formerly Dunnings Mill) in East Grinstead - another pub serving our favourite Harveys beers, brewed in Lewes.
The Ashdown Forest Online Guide has information on the area.
The Old Railway Station, Petworth, offers overnight accommodation in superbly converted old Pullman Cars.

Also see web sites for Lewes, Hastings and the 1066 Country, Tunbridge Wells
The official Brighton and Hove tourist web site: Visitbrighton.com, Virtual Brighton and Hove, This is Brighton and Hove (The Argus), The Brighton Area website, and Brighton On The Web (Classified Ads and Days Out)
East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Worthing On The Web and
"Crawley On The Web"
We are listed in the Sussex section of Signpost, a hotel guide which also highlights attractions near their hotels.
The Knowhere Guides to Haywards Heath and East Grinstead
East Sussex Villages on VillageNet, Local Restaurants

Chad Ballooning offer balloon rides from various locations in Sussex, including Sheffield Park.

1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP

6. Suppliers of Railway Books, Videos and Models etc.
Also computer-oriented products.

• First try the Bluebell's own shop, for your Railway and Transport Related Books and Videos.
• The Carriage Shop at Horsted Keynes has a wide selection of second-hand books and railway models.
• Historical Transport Films are issued on Video and DVD by Beulah. A donation is made to Bluebell projects for videos bought through this link. Many transport videos are available here, including British Transport Film releases.
• Tony & Dave's Photographic Stall, to be found occasionally at Horsted Keynes station.
• Railway videos at budget prices from Artsmagic Trains.
• Vanna Video: Syd Carroll has the following video available, which may interest you: 92 Squadron - 50 Years down the line. Cost is now only £15.95. Cheques etc to Vanna Video at 67 Sidney Road, Borstal, Rochester, Kent. ME1 3HG.
  Also the "A-Z of Southern Locomotives" gives good covereage (of course) of Bluebell locos.
• SVS films produce railway DVDs including 'Standard in Sussex' featuring the Bluebell's 75027 (available in the Sheffield Park shop), and 'Maunsell Mogul in Sussex' featuring No.1638.
• Barry Jones sells quality secondhand railway books, magazines, official publications, photographs, timetables, paperwork, ephemera and model railway items. Similar for buses and trams plus a small selection of shipping and canals.
• Second hand and new railway books from Stanley Fish & Co.
• Bill Hudson Transport Books, has a shop at Peak Rail, Matlock, and a large mail-order buisness in new and second-hand books, and an expanding selection of videos.

• Jaymor Design offer a range of Railway and transport themed clocks.

• Iain Logan's page of Railway f onts and clip-art includes a Southern Sunshine font.
• David Woods has a Preserved Steam Locomotive Database programme available.
• Johnston font is available for Windows and Macintosh from the LT Museum Shop.

• Norwood Junction Models is situated in Norwood Junction, close to the station, in South London. Click here to visit Norwood Junction Models' Website.
• The Southern Railways Group produce the 'Phoenix' range of 4mm coaching stock kits.
• OnTracks, The Model and Hobby Superstore.

• Something a bit different: Railway Tales is a CD of remeniscences.

1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP

7. Other useful links:

The Guild of Railway Artists have a great web-site.
The Bluebell Railway is listed in LocalToday.co.uk, a guide to Visitor Attractions in the UK, the Country-Lovers web site, on touristlink.co.uk, in the UK Index, the Interlocking, RailServe: The Internet Railroad Directory, The iRail Search Engine and Directory, the "Window Into Britain", a One stop guide to towns and attractions in Britain, Escape and Explore, a tourism guide with ideas and suggestions for your holidays, and CharityNet's Non-profit Links Index.
The Eurodestination travel guide
Infolondon's Transport Directory
We are a link partner with Free tourist attractions in Europe
Dean Management provide event management, steam rallies, concerts, corporate hospitality, and run rallies and shows in and around the Chichester area.

The Yetties visit us each summer for an evening concert.

The Bluebell has links with Southcoast Motor Services who operate restored vintage buses.

The Mechanical Horse Club have brought some of their vehicles along to special events at the Bluebell.

The Flemish Association for Industrial Archaeology web site is developing pages in many European languages.

The South African Holiday & Accommodation Bureau offer train-based holidays.
The Old Luggage Van provides self catering accommodation at St Germans in Cornwall.
We are also listed in Breakaway's UK Holiday Ideas.
ChariotsAwait.com provide a directory service for all forms of leisure, family and enthusiast interest transport.

The Bluebell web site is a member of the Travelring,
 the RailSites Webring,
  and the UK and Ireland Railway Webring.
The page on the Howlden Trust's GNR Directors' Saloon is part of the LNER Web-Ring.

We are very pleased to have become only the ninth recipient of a Silver "Smokin' Website Award" from smokin.kvrr.net (awarded at a time when no-one had achieved Gold!).

This web site has been awarded a TrainNet Web Gem Award.

Our web site was the Link Rail UK Recommended site of the Month for June 1999.

1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP

8. WAP - Links for Mobiles

1. Bluebell pages elsewhere (including Photos, Audio and video files and Filming) - 2. Other railway related links - 3. Southern E-mail Group
4. Nearby attractions - 5. Local information - 6. Books, Videos & Models etc. - 7. Other links - 8. WAP
Carriage Restoration Technical Links

Disclaimer: The Bluebell Railway is not responsible in any way for the material to be found via the external links on this site.