Conserving the past to inform the future
Recent Accessions
The Museum is always trying to enhance the collection with the acquisition of appropiate material. Items arrive in
the Museum either by donation or purchase. This page will include some recent donations and purchases.
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Single line staff from the Cuckoo Line. Purchased at auction
and donated by a member for the signalling display in the new Museum.
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Smokebox number 30582 from an Adams Radial tank. (The Bluebell Adams was numbered 30583 by British Railways).
Purchased by the Museum.
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A superb O gauge model of a Brighton Atalntic in LBSCR livery.
Generously donated to the Museum by a Bluebell Member.
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LBSCR poster advertising the Cross Channel route via Newhaven - Dieppe. The model ship Paris, which the Museum has
on loan from the National Railway Museum, operated this route.
Purchased by the Museum.
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A bound copy of the South Eastern Railway timetables for 1853. Twelve individual months bound together
probably for use in the Railway Offices.
Purchased by the Archive.
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Not actually a new accession but a refurbished one. London Jack has been collecting money for Woking Homes for many
years and before taking his place in the new museum it was decided to give him a well earned face lift.
While the new museum is being built London Jack will be on show in the Museum room at Horsted Keynes.
You can read more about Jack HERE.
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One of three Southern Railway waiting room benches previously in use at Worplesdon station.
All three have been donated to the Museum by South West Trains when they were replaced by modern metal versions.
Two will be used in the waiting room area of the new museum with the third in the museum area at Horsted Keynes.
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Enamel plate from the Southern Railway train departure board at Victoria.
Generously donated to the Museum by a Bluebell Member.
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LB&SCR wood/bone whistle on chain.
Purchased by the Museum.
A similar Southern Railway whistle has recently been donated to the
Museum.
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Brighton Railway Guide for Easter 1914.
Purchased by the Archive.
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Nameplate from Electro-Diesel 73004.
Purchased for the Museum.
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A superb LB&SCR Cap Badge.
Generously donated to the Museum by a Bluebell Member.
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1950s poster giving very visual information about the time taken to travel on the Atlantic Coast Express
to Devon and Cornwall.
Purchased by the Museum.
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Southern Railway ships flag based on the naval Red Ensign.
The flag was used on the Cross Channel ferries between Dover and Calais or Dunkerque and included sailings of
the GOLDEN ARROW and the NIGHT FERRY.
Purchased by the Museum.
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Four pre-grouping publications from the LB&SCR and SE&CR. The Brighton Railway Homes
booklet gives details of residential locations served by the Brighton. The three SE&CR booklets list places to visit
for holidays, the route to the Continent and the annual report of the St John’s Ambulance, SE&CR section.
Puchased by the Archive.
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A glass paperweight produced by the LB&SCR for the Southern Belle. Almost impossible to photograph,
the words etched into the glass read “LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY - The Southern Belle Limited
Pullman - The last word in luxurious travel - VICTORIA & BRIGHTON in 60 Minutes Each Way - Weekdays &
Sundays”. Puchased by the Museum.
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A London, Brighton & South Coast Railway handlamp. It is stamped YARD BOX NEW CROSS.
Generously donated to the Museum by a Bluebell member.
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Purchased as part of an end of collection auction lot, these six pages of foolscap paper make the case
for British Railways to close the branch line between East Grinstead and Lewes. The savings effected by closure are
£68,000 against a lose of revenue etc at £9,000. A re-typed PDF version of the document, without
appendices, is available HERE.
This document will be lodged in the reference section of the archive.
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These plaques replaced the clock over the doorways at either end of the Pullman Car. Fingall, running
on the Bluebell Railway, has had the clocks replaced so returning it to its original condition. The Museum was
fortunate to be able to purchase both Fingall plaques.
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In the new Museum there will be a section on transport predating railways. This piece of original Croydon,
Merstham and Godstone Tramway dates from c1805 will be included in this section. Purchased by the Museum.
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