LB&SCR A1X class 55 Stepney

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0T
• UIC	C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	48 in (1,219 mm)
Wheelbase	12 ft (3,658 mm)
Length	26 ft 0+1⁄2 in (7.94 m)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Stroudley
Builder	Brighton works
Build date	21 December 1875; 1912 (rebuilt)

LB&SCR A1X Class 55 Stepney
LB&SCR A1X Class 55 Stepney
	Stepney at Horsted Keynes with sister engine 672 Fenchurch.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Stroudley
Builder	Brighton works
Build date	21 December 1875; 1912 (rebuilt)
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0T
• UIC	C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	48 in (1,219 mm)
Wheelbase	12 ft (3,658 mm)
Length	26 ft 0+1⁄2 in (7.94 m)
Operators
Career
Operators	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway; Southern Railway; British Railways; Bluebell Railway;
Class	A1X
Power class	BR: 0P
Withdrawn	May 1960

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway A1X Class number 55 Stepney, named after the district of Stepney, is a preserved steam locomotive based at the Bluebell Railway in East and West Sussex, England. Stepney is well known as the first standard gauge engine to be based at the Bluebell Railway, arriving by rail on 17 May 1960.^[1] The junior (8 years old and under) membership scheme of the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society is known as the Stepney Club.

Stepney re-entered service on the Bluebell in May 2010 after a fast track overhaul and was used on light duties until its main steam pipe failed in early 2014. Stepney currently wears Stroudley Improved Engine Green, but previously wore the lined black livery that was carried during the first (1960) season on the Bluebell. On 14 January 2012, Stepney made an "only-morning" appearance in BR Lined Black with the "cycling lion" crest and its BR number, 32655, for a special photographic charter. It carried the same BR Lined Black Livery again on 17 April 2012 for another photographic charter, this time though with the later "ferret and dartboard" crest. It returned to "Bluebell Black" in time for its visit to the National Railway Museum's "Railfest" in the first week of June 2012.^[2] Stepney is now on static display at the Bluebell railway, awaiting new cylinders and work on the frames and boiler.

In popular culture

Stepney appears in the music video for Tracey Ullman's "Move Over Darling" (1983).

Stepney was featured in The Railway Series book Stepney The "Bluebell" Engine by Wilbert Awdry, as well as its television adaptation Thomas & Friends.

References

^ Clegg, Malcolm (30 July 2020). British Steam Locomotives Before Preservation: A Study of Before & Afterlife. Pen and Sword Transport. p. 56. ISBN 978-1526760470.
^ Tuplin, Richard (1 June 2012). "FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR RAILFEST 2012". Railway Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

External links

Stepney's page on the Bluebell Railway website

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[1] Clegg, Malcolm (30 July 2020). British Steam Locomotives Before Preservation: A Study of Before & Afterlife. Pen and Sword Transport. p. 56. ISBN 978-1526760470.

[2] Tuplin, Richard (1 June 2012). "FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR RAILFEST 2012". Railway Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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