The Southwold Railway Trust has taken delivery of two historic items of rolling stock from the Isle of Man – Manx Northern Railway Coach number 3 built in 1879 and the frames of steam locomotive No.7 Tynwald built in 1880.
As a tangible sign that work is progressing on our Loco Build we have just taken delivery of the smokebox door at our base in Duncan’s Yard! Here it is in all its glory, with the chimney seating and chimney
With the restoration team now meeting on a regular basis at our shed at Duncan’s Yard, work has started in earnest on the ex-War Department 2’6″ gauge 4-wheeled chassis. Since this photo the chassis has been turned through 90 degrees
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Well, here we all are sitting in Southwold in a tram carriage all the way from Belgium via County Donegal! Expertly delivered by Frank Gillespie (2nd left) SRT members (clockwise from L) Maureen Ridgway, Jim Nicholson, Tim Heaps, Mark Evershed,
Well, here it is at last! Our first piece of 3′ gauge rolling stock all the way from Donegal! The tram carriage completed its journey from Ireland and arrived at Duncan’s yard late on Monday afternoon 18th October. Driver Frank
We have just taken delivery – from Thurton Foundries – of our two leading pony wheel centres… and very good they look too! The picture shows them in our shed at Duncan’s Yard, propped against the loco frames. Patterns for
On our recent fact finding trip to Ireland we visited the Fintown Railway in beautiful County Donegal to view two former Belgian 3′ gauge tram carriages from Charleroi. These coaches are now surplus to requirements at Fintown, and just need
While we await the final tweaking of our Wenhaston project plans it’s good to know that we are generating a lot of interest in what we are trying to do. Apart from a growing potential labour force for when it
Oliver Densham and Stewart Green of the Southwold Railway Trust with an old train whistle donated to the 2-4-0 Club Locomotive Project by local Trust member John London. It will eventually sit on the cab roof. Trust Chairman John Bennett
Railway Rabbit Stew and Trackside Fruit Crumble were served to ninety guests who attended the official launch of the 2-4-0 Club at the Engine Shed on 16th March. John Bennett, Chairman of the Trust thanked Club members for their support