British Railways Merchant Navy class steam locomotive bursts out of Sharpthorne Tunnel on the Bluebell Railway.

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This was the first train to go through the Sharpthorne Tunnel at Kingscote near East Grinstead in Sussex in 35 years. Its name is 35027 Port Line. The tunnel was closed in by the Beeching cuts in the 1960s. The independent Bluebell Railway restored and reopened the line. BAM steam neg 22a. BAM_steam_neg22a

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Size: 6000px × 4030px
Location: Bluebell Railway, Sussex England UK Great Britain
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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