One O1 class, SECR No. 65 (SR Nos. A65 and 1065, BR No. 31065) has been preserved, and is currently based on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. No. 65 was originally built for the South Eastern Railway (SER) at Ashford railway works in 1896, and is …

0-6-0s were the commonest locomotives in this country, and the Bluebell now hosts a sequence of three unique survivors of this type, demonstrating their development through the first half of the 20th century, from the O1 through the SECR C-class to …

The engine was originally built as number 65 for the South Eastern Railway (SER) at Ashford railway works in 1896, and is the only surviving former SER locomotive. It was rebuilt in 1908, also at Ashford, into a form reminiscent of the more modern SECR C class.

2024年4月7日 · A look at the Bluebell Railway's two preserved SECR 0-6-0 tender locomotives, SECR Stirling O1 Class No. 65 (built Ashford Railway Works, 1896) and SECR Wain...

O1 and the SECR centennial event 65 in preservation. 65 is one of those rarities. She is not a Barry engine, but was withdrawn from service by BR, as 31065 36 years ago on the 24th June 1961. She had been condemned but not scrapped and was in store at Ashford early in 1963, awaiting her fate.

2024年8月5日 · 0-6-0s were the commonest locomotives in this country, and the Bluebell now hosts a sequence of three unique survivors of this type, demonstrating their development through the first half of the 20th century, from the O1 through the SECR C-class to Maunsell’s Q-class built by the Southern Railway.

The South Eastern Railway (SER) O Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work, and were the main freight engines of the SER, and later the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) for a number of years.

With the SECR centenary celebrations approaching, a deal was struck to return this lovely engine to working condition on the Bluebell Railway. Her overhaul was completed in a very short time and she was the undoubted star of the centenary weekend.

2022年1月14日 · The Bluebell Railway Trust has purchased O1 Class No. 65 from the Lewis-Evans family securing the locomotive for the Railway. Built in 1896, O1 Class No. 65 is the very last surviving South Eastern Railway locomotive and was rebuilt in 1908 by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.