Rolling stock of the Bluebell Railway
Origin Number Name Type Notes
Pullman Car Company 89 Constance Kitchen First Originally SER Drawing Room Car No.33 , of 1891 , becoming a Pullman in 1919 . This car was sold to a private owner who had the carriage body cut in two and integrated into a building before being sold to the Bluebell in 1997 . The two halves are in good condition and the remains of Constance are currently stored on the underframe of a Bulleid coach
Pullman Car Company 157 Car No . 54 Brake Third Built in 1923 . Undergoing restoration . Car No . 54 was originally preserved on the Dart Valley Railway before moving to the Birmingham Railway Museum in 1970 . It was later sold to Venice-Simplon Orient Express and was stripped at Carnforth before being put aside for sale . This car was purchased in 1984 but did not arrive until 1986 . Largely complete , Car No . 54 also contains a large collection of toilet doors from the VSOE Pullmans . The carriage was overhauled 20 years ago but rain seeped into the carriage , ruining a lot of the newly-refurbished carriage . It is now being restored under cover with proper materials
Pullman Car Company 175 Fingall Kitchen First Built in 1924 . Operational
Pullman Car Company 219 Car No . 64 Parlour Third Built in 1928 . Operational . Named Christine by the railway . Formerly part of the Bulmers Cider Pullman set , but sold to the Bluebell by VSOE as it was a third-class car . This coach was overhauled at VSOE 's Stewarts Lane workshops in 2004 , and returned to service in 2006 . Aluminium roof panelling replaced by canvas , following signs of water damage ; the canvas has been painted white and the roof furniture re-fitted
Pullman Car Company 229 Car No . 76 Parlour Third Built in 1928 . Withdrawn awaiting decision on its future , in poor structural condition . Named Lilian by the Bluebell
Pullman Car Company 307 Carina Kitchen First A 1951 'Festival of Britain ' Golden Arrow Pullman carriage . Carina was part of Sir Winston Churchill 's funeral train in 1965 , and was later sold to the Hotel Mercure in Lyon , France before being returned to the UK in the late 1970s by Venice-Simplon Orient Express . She was originally purchased by the Brighton Belle trust , but was swapped for car Doris which was based for a while on the Bluebell
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits 3801 N/A First Class Sleeping Car Built in 1939 . Car 3801 was part of the last Night Ferry service in 1980 . It was stored at Ostend until 1984 when it was purchased by the Bluebell for use as an accommodation coach at Horsted Keynes . It is somewhat unusual but fits in with the Bluebell as this car was formerly used by the Southern Railway and more latterly British Railways ( Southern Region )
Carriages -- Pullman and Wagon-Lits cars
Several of these have been overhauled and operate regularly as the Bluebell Railway 's Golden Arrow dining train ( lunch and dinner ) . [ 33 ]
This article is about the rolling stock of the Bluebell Railway.