South Eastern Railway 0-6-0 No. 31065 (65)
Sheffield Park, Sussex, UK
Location: Bluebell Railway
Status: Operational
Posted: Jul 16, 2025 @ 06:07:39 by Russell Newman
The ex South Eastern and Chatham Railway (South Eastern Railway) Class O1 0-6-0 No. 65, is visiting Didcot Railway Centre for the very first time for their Autumn Steam Gala from the 5th to 7th of September 2025, where it will be operating on their branch line with their Victorian coaches during the Gala.
Posted: Apr 10, 2025 @ 12:04:00 by Russell Newman
The ex South Eastern and Chatham Railway (South Eastern Railway) Class O1 0-6-0 No. 65, is to visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway for the very first time to star at their Railway 200 Cotswold Festival of Steam from the 24th to 26th of May 2025. The visit is a first as its rare that No. 65 is seen away from its home line, the Bluebell Railway. It is also believed to be the first time that the locomotive has worked outside of the South East of the UK for this event then.
Posted: Apr 3, 2024 @ 06:04:16 by Russell Newman
The ex South Eastern and Chatham Railway (South Eastern Railway) Class O1 0-6-0 No. 65, will visit the Kent & East Sussex Railway, for their 50th Anniversary Gala weekend on the 1st and 2nd of June 2024.
Posted: Jan 21, 2024 @ 05:01:55 by Russell Newman
The ex South Eastern and Chatham Railway Class O1 0-6-0 No. 65, is visiting the Swanage Railway for the first time to star at their Victorian Weekend on the 22nd to 24th of March 2024. No. 65 will operate alongside the sole surviving LSWR T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563, during the event then.
Posted: Apr 27, 2023 @ 15:04:20 by Russell Newman
The former South Eastern and Chatham Railway Class O1 0-6-0 No. 65 is to make her second visit away from the Bluebell Railway in preservation with a visit to the Spa Valley Railway for their Summer Steam Up event on the weekend of 17th and 18th of June 2023. No. 65 will also operate alongside the visiting ex Caledonian Railway 812 Class Standard 0-6-0 Goods No. 828 during the Victorian Steam Weekend on the 24th and 25th of June 2023 at the Spa Valley Railway.
Posted: Jan 14, 2022 @ 14:01:15 by Jack Spencer
O1 class 65 has been sold by the Lewis-Evans family to the Bluebell Railway, securing the locomotive for the line. She has become the third SECR loco owned by the railway, after P 178 and C 592.
Posted: Jul 15, 2017 @ 08:07:23 by Russell Newman
The South Eastern and Chatham Railway O1 No. 65 has returned to traffic at the Bluebell Railway following completion of its overhaul.