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Heritage Train Project

Heavy Metals

Heavy Metals

First off, we’ve had some further photographs of progress on the replica build of ‘Blyth’, one of the three Sharp, Stewart & Co. 2-4-0 tank locomotives bought by the SR in 1879 for the opening of the railway, sent to

Oliver Densham June 13, 2020June 14, 2020 2-4-0 Club, Heritage Train Project, Scaldwell Read more

Autumn progress at SteamWorks

Autumn progress at SteamWorks

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

SRT Blogger October 25, 2017January 16, 2019 Heritage Train Project, Motor Rail SR No. 5, Steamworks Project Read more

SteamWorks proves a success

SteamWorks proves a success

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”,

SRT Blogger August 29, 2017January 16, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Heritage Train Project, Scaldwell, SRT Shop, Steamworks Project, Wagon Rebuild Read more

Volunteers continue to dedicate hundreds of man-hours (and woman-hours!) to their chosen Charity

Volunteers continue to dedicate hundreds of man-hours (and woman-hours!) to their chosen Charity

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

SRT Blogger June 19, 2017January 16, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Events, Heritage Train Project, Steamworks Project, Wagon Rebuild Read more

Heritage Train, Motor Rail, Peckett, Southwold

Heritage Train, Motor Rail, Peckett, Southwold

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

SRT Blogger March 21, 2017January 16, 2019 Heritage Train Project, Wagon Rebuild, Wenhaston Station Project Read more

Not all work and no play

Not all work and no play

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

SRT Blogger March 9, 2017January 16, 2019 Heritage Train Project, Steamworks Project, Wenhaston Station Project Read more

Progress on the Heritage Train, and a Retirement

Progress on the Heritage Train, and a Retirement

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

SRT Blogger March 5, 2017January 16, 2019 Heritage Train Project, Rolling Stock, Wagon Rebuild Read more

Cutting, burning, filing, planing, hammering

Cutting, burning, filing, planing, hammering

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

SRT Blogger February 27, 2017January 16, 2019 Heritage Train Project, Wagon Rebuild Read more

Civil Engineering, Landscaping, the Heritage Train, Shows, and Early Success of the Bond Issue

Civil Engineering, Landscaping, the Heritage Train, Shows, and Early Success of the Bond Issue

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,

SRT Blogger February 12, 2017January 16, 2019 Events, Heritage Train Project, Rolling Stock, Scaldwell, Steamworks Project, Wagon Rebuild Read more

2017 – things start to move for the Southwold Railway

2017 – things start to move for the Southwold Railway

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

SRT Blogger January 9, 2017January 15, 2019 Heritage Train Project, Rolling Stock, Scaldwell, Wenhaston Station Project Read more
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