Built by Manning Wardle & Co, and completed on 26 February 1877, making it the Bluebell Railway's third oldest locomotive

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Sharpthorn was built by Manning Wardle & Co, and completed on 26 February 1877, making it the Bluebell Railway's third oldest locomotive, and the oldest surviving Manning engine. Its connection with the Bluebell started when the line's construction contractor Joseph Firbank used it for building the railway. Firbank disposed of it shortly afterwards, and after working in a number of industrial locations, latterly for Samuel Williams, it returned to the Bluebell line for the line centenary in 1982. Information from Bluebell railway's website: ~uhaa009/bb/vt/641

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Size: 5154px × 3035px
Location: Horsted Keynes, Bluebell Railway, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © John Graham / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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