With apologies for the delay since the last post, here is an update on what has been happening throughout the last couple of months here at Southwold. Replica SR wagon 41 has now gained some sides! Work is continuing adding
The Trust is still performing strongly at its new site in Southwold. The public were invited in through much of August, and seemed to enjoy what we have to offer – there was a lot of interest in Peckett “Scaldwell”,
Many apologies for the hiatus in this blog: we have been working very hard, and much of the work is not very photogenic. Also, the usual collapse in Southwold ‘s broadband speed, occasioned by the twenty-fold summer increase in the
Now that the weather is slowly improving, the pace is accelerating on the railway. On the trackbed at Wenhaston Station, considerable clearance has been done: with the nesting season in force, no tree work can be done, but the team
After a hard half hour adjusting the position of “Blyth”’s frames (to allow more room for “Scaldwell”), the trackbed team kindly invited the workshop team to a barbeque on Trust land on Wednesday. The weather was (eventually) kind, and we
The two most advanced elements of the SR Heritage Train (disregarding for the moment the Van 13 grounded body – which may eventually itself be wheeled) are now moving on quickly. At the SOLD (Special Objectives for Local Disabled) workshop
Our trackbed gang has been working hard, completing all the tree work before the bird nesting season. Clearing up can be done later. The plan is to have the westernmost 20 chains of our land in as good condition as
Apologies to our regular readers: our usual blogger has been out of action with flu. And everyone else is far too busy working on SRT projects to write about them! Large gangs of volunteers have continued to devote their time,
The Trust confidentially expects 2017 to be the breakthrough year to begin the restoration of the Southwold Railway. 2016 was a mixed year, with another disappointment at Wenhaston on the planning front well balanced by the receipt of our first
On Wednesday November 9th, on a cold day with heavy rain, a surprisingly large team assembled at the Wenhaston Community café. Even more surprising was the decision of the majority to continue with landscaping and clearance on the trackbed: this