Southern Steam - A Brighton Atlantic in colour, 1956

A short, rare clip of a Brighton Atlantic in colour. Here is Douglas Marsh's masterpiece of 1911, the H2 4-4-2, in this case No.32425 'Trevose Head' on an enthusiasts special shortly before withdrawal in 1956. It is a travesty that none survived long enough to be preserved, but one that the Bluebell railway intend to rectify, having undertaken the construction of a new Brighton Atlantic utilising a surviving, virtually identical, GNR Atlantic boiler, which is coming along nicely. Go to http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/locos/atlantic/ to see how it's coming along.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• brighton
• marsh
• ivatt
• atlantic
• 4-4-2
• trevose
• head
• southern
• railway
• london
• south
• coast
• rail
• railways
• british
• steam
• bluebell

[grosvenor326]

The caption should read no Brighton Atlantic ppreserved, because there are two british atlantics preserved in the form of ivat large boilered No 251 and henry oakley both in the national collection.

[SouthernRailwayFilms]

@grosvenor326 Right you are. Rectified!

[JimTLonW6]

Very nice, I like the elegance of the coaches

[stashyjon]

I still think those Brighton Atlantics were one of the most beautiful locos ever built

[DaveHaggar]

A superb short clip of a Brighton Atlantic. My Dad and I are sponsoring loco parts for the new reconstruction of 32424 at the Bluebell Rly. We can't wait to see the loco finally steam again and for it to be outshopped in BR lined black first will be wonderful.

[jeanniedee]

'Beachy Head' 32424 (i Think !) often used to work the Daily train from brighton to Bournemouth , late 50' early 60's always nice to see a traditional lbscr loco that west !!