The Trust is very pleased to announce that we now own a complete steam locomotive. Three-foot-gauge 0-6-0ST Peckett “Scaldwell” of 1913 has been donated to the SRT by Amberley Museum http://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/ , to whom we are profoundly appreciative. More details
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
Outside work, somewhat interrupted by rain, has concentrated on the decorative station fencing at Blyford Lane, Wenhaston. Led most ably by John B, the volunteers have erected almost all the Midland Railway style double-diagonal timber fencing, using treated timber from
We are used to dry and warm weather here – it’s one of Suffolk’s advantages (to balance out its lack of mountains). The sun continues to smile on our workteams, mostly – perhaps someone does like us after all. Decorative
Motor Rail Locomotive “Mells” Now that our Halesworth working holiday is over for this year (and we thank The Halesworth Millennium Green forthat privilege), we can return to other pressing tasks. First of these is the completion of Peter Nicholson’s
The Trackbed Trust volunteers have had a good time at Bird’s Folly, Halesworth. Working with the Millennium Green (HMG), we continued the industrial archaeology that we began in 2015 – and have also started the reconstruction of historic artefacts. The
This month Trust volunteers are spending time at the Halesworth Millennium Green, working with the Green further to improve the presentation of the Southwold railway artefacts on the trackbed at Bird’s Folly. At the locomotive shed site, after strimming the
High summer in the Blyth Valley saw continuing large teams working for the Trust – plus some new volunteers. The weather has been very kind indeed, if a little too hot and muggy. At Blyford Lane, on the Wenhaston station
With the good weather, it has been particularly enjoyable to be working for the Trust over the past few weeks (or so we tell the volunteers!). There have been a lot of landmarks. The hard, long and tiring job of
On Saturday May 7th, Trust volunteers helped the Wenhaston Community Café celebrate its first anniversary – there was birthday cake, and general jollity. We are pleased to have been able to contribute to the success of this venture. Over the