These served as support coaches during the journey north, and were used on special railtours during the visit itself. When Stepney first visited the NWR in 1962, he arrived under his own steam, travelling up to Sodor on BR metals - with permission, of course - and hauling the Bluebell’s famous rake of four ex-Metropolitan coaches.
#STEPNEY SODOR WORKSHOPS SERIES#
His final visit, to date, was in October 1984, as part of a series of events publicising the launch of the Thomas the Tank Engine television series that same month. In exchange for these repairs, Stepney was allowed to work normal service trains on the NWR before returning home. Rather, the NWR had kindly agreed to undertake some running repairs that were beyond the capabilities of the Bluebell’s own staff. Stepney next visited in 1980, but this wasn’t an official visit. The funds from this tour went towards the Bluebell’s proposed extension to East Grinstead, although the actual work wouldn’t begin for another twenty-odd years. This was followed in 1974 by another promotional tour, due to popular demand following the 1973 tour. It was during this visit that the events of Stepney Gets Lost took place. Stepney didn’t visit the NWR again until 1973, when he arrived on a promotional tour to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his own RWS book being published. if BR should finally sweep in and modernize everything), they at least might be preserved. Firstly, his initial visit in 1962, which was officially intended to provide a nice bit of publicity for the Bluebell Railway, but also gave the NWR engines a glimmer of hope that should the worst happen (i.e. In theory, this means that he’s able to visit the NWR more frequently than would normally be the case, but in practice, he’s only made a handful of notable visits: 
In my headcanon, the NWR and the Bluebell Railway both have joint ownership of Stepney.
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