Visit of new-build No 32424 ‘Beachy Head’ on 23 – 25 May.
Tickets now on sale, see:
https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/product.php/1407/heritage-in-motion-featuring-lbscr-h2-class-atlantic-no-32424-beachy-head
HERITAGE IN MOTION: 23 – 25 MAY 2026
We are excited to announce that London Brighton & South Coast Railway H2-class Atlantic No 32424 ‘Beachy Head’ will join us at Didcot for our May gala on loan from the Bluebell Railway Trust.
This will be the first time the engine has appeared at another heritage railway since she returned to service in August 2024.
This magnificent locomotive is the result of a project to reconstruct a Brighton H2 Atlantic (4-4-2) from the SR/BR period. She is based around a suitable boiler and includes various other original H2 components which have been given to the project, including the locomotive’s original regulator handle and whistle, and a class identification plate. The locomotive was launched into service on the Bluebell Railway on 18 August 2024, the culmination of 24 years’ work by a dedicated team of engineers, fundraisers and supporters.
With our ‘Heritage in Motion’ theme, we also hope to have lots more gems of preservation to excite you, and if it moves, we want you to see it moving! Whilst we can’t guarantee all of these, a mix of the following will be available on each day:-
* Shunting demonstrations
* Wickham trolley
* Pump trolley
* Demonstration of our wheel drop in action
* Demonstration of our 50 ton hoist
* Use of the coal stage
* Use of our traverser
* Use of our turntable
* The chance to see inside our travelling post office at close range
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