Editing Bluebell Railway (section)

== Rolling stock ==
{{main|Rolling stock of the Bluebell Railway}}
[[File:Sheffield Park engine shed Bluebell Railway - geograph.org.uk - 978187.jpg|thumb|right|The new locomotive shed at [[Sheffield Park railway station|Sheffield Park]]]]
The Bluebell Railway preserved a number of steam locomotives before the cessation of steam service on British mainline railways in 1968. Today it has the largest collection - over 30 - of steam locomotives in the UK after the National Railway Museum (NRM). The society also has a collection of almost 150 carriages and wagons, most of them pre-war.

[[File:30424 Beachy Head.jpg|left|thumb|The newly completed locomotive passing through Horsted Keynes on its second day in public service, 23 August 2024]]
On 29 October 2000 the Bluebell Railway announced its intention to reconstruct a replica of SR/BR period [[LB&SCR H2 class]] [[4-4-2 (locomotive)|Atlantic]] ''Beachy Head''. By then, many surviving locomotive parts had been assembled including an ex-[[GNR Class C1 (large boiler)|GNR 'Atlantic']] boiler, and an ex-[[LB&SCR B4 class]] tender chassis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/locos/atlantic/|title=Bluebell Railway Atlantic Group|website=www.bluebell-railway.co.uk}}</ref> The boiler was tested around August 2018. The locomotive rolled out and was coupled to its tender on 5 March 2024, to begin commissioning work prior to entering service,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/bluebellrailway/posts/pfbid08mUwCCfBnmxr2bcjNkTAgEB1tSyNQMfkxc6fMqsyUUJqGovmJVbEb24T2cLW2b8Jl |title='Beachy Head' Emerges! |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 6, 2024 |website=facebook.com |publisher=Bluebell Railway |access-date=March 6, 2024}}</ref> which it did on 18 August 2024.<ref name=Inservice>{{cite web |url=https://www.bluebell-railway.com/heritage-locomotives/lbscr-class-h2-no-32424-beachy-head/ |title=LBSCR Class H2 No. 32424 'Beachy Head' |publisher=Bluebell Railway |accessdate=23 August 2024}}</ref>

In April 2008, the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]] provided a £2.8M grant towards new buildings next to {{stnlnk|Sheffield Park}}, to provide weatherproof shelter for up to 17 carriages. The funds were also used to: create a museum and interpretation area; create new facilities for locomotive crews; create a rainwater catchment system from the roof of the carriage building, which is then processed and used to fill the steam engines' boilers; restore the railway's historic platform buildings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7332471.stm|title=Steam railway awarded £2.8m grant|work=BBC News|date=5 April 2008|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref>