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Backblog, the Sequel..

Backblog, the Sequel..

No, I’m still not updating here enough. Mind you, there’s been a lot of work going on, so I’ll claim that in my defence, but passers-by at Steamworks are beginning to ask about updates (through the fence, obviously, due to

Oliver Densham July 18, 2020July 20, 2020 Historical, Steamworks Project Read more

Early April 2019

Early April 2019

A working Southwold Railway pocket watch just acquired. It is inscribed on the back “J.SMYTHE  SOUTHWOLD RY”.  That name does not appear in the list of station masters in the new book by Rob Shortland-Ball so I wonder if anyone

John Bennett April 9, 2019May 23, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Historical Read more

18th September, 2018

18th September, 2018

My picture is 98 year old Mrs Mary Middlebrook in a beach hut at Southwold last week. Mary travelled on the Southwold Railway in the 1920s when her family used to come on holiday, nearly every year,  to Southwold, travelling

SRT Blogger September 25, 2018January 22, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Historical Read more

Trust re-launches Wenhaston Archive

Trust re-launches Wenhaston Archive

oday, on Friday May 13th (luckily, we are not triskaidekaphobic, having quite enough bad luck to cope with from public bodies on every day), the Southwold Railway Trust re-launches the Wenhaston Archive website with original provider Blythweb, and will host

SRT Blogger May 13, 2016January 10, 2019 Historical Read more

Phase I work at Halesworth Loco Shed (almost) Completed

Phase I work at Halesworth Loco Shed (almost) Completed

The team suffered a ridiculously-wet Wednesday at the Folly loco shed site, but still managed to get some more work done. Both the heavy concrete bases which used to support the pump platform timbers (and had been rescued from within

SRT Blogger August 31, 2015January 7, 2019 Halesworth Locomotive Shed, Historical Read more

Early Twentieth-Century SR – some Practical Transport Archaeology

Early Twentieth-Century SR – some Practical Transport Archaeology

On Saturday August 22nd, and Sunday 23rd, Trust volunteers spent some more time at Halesworth Bird’s Folly (courtesy of the Millennium Green Trustees), enjoying a third day of work on the locomotive shed area. After digging out the inspection and

SRT Blogger August 24, 2015January 7, 2019 Halesworth Locomotive Shed, Historical Read more

A Summer Saturday at Bird’s Folly

A Summer Saturday at Bird’s Folly

Thanks to an invitation from the Halesworth Millennium Green Trustees, the Wenhaston volunteers took a day off to tackle another trackbed section – and a very interesting one it turned out to be. Among the SR artefacts on the Green

SRT Blogger August 9, 2015January 7, 2019 Halesworth Locomotive Shed, Historical Read more

Van 40’s underframe nears completion, and Coach 7 shines

Van 40’s underframe nears completion, and Coach 7 shines

By the end of the second May Bank Holiday weekend, the Trust’s rolling stock was visibly moving on. Coach 7’s body is complete outside (except for some more work on some of the doors), and is resplendent in maroon, cream

SRT Blogger May 26, 2014January 3, 2019 Carriage Restoration, Historical, Rolling Stock, Wagon Rebuild Read more

Historical

Historical

A more than usually hard job – two and a half hours of ivy hacking – to unearth a donated 3 yard length of original Southwold Railway rail, which used to hold up a Wenhaston resident’s washing line. John Ridgway

SRT Blogger November 8, 2013December 31, 2018 Historical Read more

“CHANGE HERE FOR SOUTWHOLD”

“CHANGE HERE FOR SOUTWHOLD”

Our Publicity Officer – Rev. Simon Pitcher – took this photo at the Winchcombe Railway Museum about 8 years ago whilst on summer holiday.  This is not the GWR that runs through Winchcombe, but a little independent museum near the town centre.

SRT Blogger April 9, 2012December 31, 2018 Historical Read more
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