Today, after the now-obligatory coffee at the Community Café (in which we were almost the only customers), we made the usual split into workshop and trackbed. The former team completed the locomotive carrying device for the Blyth Valley Light Railway,
First SRT Pop-Up Shop a Great Success
The Southwold Railway Trust would like very much to thank all the local organisations who participated in our first Pop-Up Shop at iChameleon in the Thoroughfare, between April 7th and 13th. Our thanks also to Just Nice Things for the
First – hard – week on access way complete
On Wednesday April 6th, the team – bedraggled and shattered – completed the first week of work on (non-public) rights-of-way and land access at Wenhaston Station. Most of the area by Blyford Lane is now prepared (heavy farm vehicles will
Civils works on the right-of-way: planning for the access trackway completion (and a nice photo of another railway!)
After last night’s thunderstorm, the trackbed and station were very wet on Monday morning- but two intrepid volunteers braved the mud in the afternoon, and – after three hours’ work, have pretty well completed the turning area. This is a
Lots of civil engineering activity, and volunteer training – Heritage Train progress
As we are not allowed (yet!) to rebuild the railway, we have been getting in a bit of practice. Or so it would seem. In fact, the large amount of activity this week is more mundane – the SRT needs