Filmed in 1962 at Sheffield Park station on the Bluebell railway in Sussex, England. Footage of Bluebell locomotive No.323 pulling passenger train, Sheffield Park station, locomotive Stepney No. 55 water tank refill, people observing locomotive No. 488 at station, crowd of passengers boarding carriages, train departing, tobacco stall at station, woman and child looking at postcards at station, shunting, passengers queuing for tea at station, pedestrian crossing over tracks, signalman operating levers and collecting token from driver of train passing through station, open signal box on platform, train departing, Horsted Keynes station, photographers and observers at end of platform and on lineside observing train approaching, steam locomotive No. 488 with 'The Blue Belle' headboard arriving at station, GNR locomotive No. 1247 at tail of train, electric train passing, token exchange. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 8 minutes

This film is part of the Railway Roundabout collection donated by the makers of the programme, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. They produced films on contemporary British and foreign railways for the BBC Children's programme 'Railway Roundabout, broadcast monthly between 1958 and 1962 on BBC Television. The commentary was created and broadcast live, so the original films in the collection are silent. The Railway Roundabout collection includes the original masters, prints, some offcuts and working material for Railway Roundabout programmes as well as other films (non-Railway Roundabout) made by the John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and a small number of films made by others. The collection also includes the original un-edited audio recordings made between 1960 and 1965 by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse for the BBC radio programme Railway Roundup. Additionally, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse were both photographers, their respective photographic collections are held by the National Railway Museum. This film is titled 'The Bluebell Line' on title frame on film and on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list and 'A Day on the Bluebell Line' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 12 September 1962 on BBC Television.