It’s February already, and as far as Steamworks is concerned, there’s not a great deal going on, apart from quite a lot of cold, wet weather, which is at least doing a lot of good as far as the pond
Model behaviour
Early April, 2020
To cheer ourselves up a bit while we are incarcerated by the lockdown, here are some photographs of Stewart Green’s incredible, award-winning model of Southwold Station, circa 1922. Thanks to the generosity of two trustees, the Trust is buying this
A Very Successful Show, and Progress in Southwold
The Trust held its third Model Show in Southwold on Saturday. Very ably organised by Show Manager John Ridgway, it was successful, with all the many visitors, as well as the exhibitors, having a good time. Quite a few of
Third Southwold Railway Show a Success
The Railway Trust’s third biannual Show on the Bank Holiday weekend was a great success. Admirably organised by Trustee and newsletter editor John Ridgway, it attracted a wide range of people, including, on Sunday, many very small children, who were
Trust Shop Manager receives an Award
Stewart Green, Southwold Railway Trust shop manager, who is also the Trust’s most prestigious model railway engineer, has just exhibited his famous “Southwold (1922)” layout at Bognor Regis. The layout won the exhibitors’ vote for the best in show –
BLYTH in steam – in miniature
Trust member Richard Stone has recently taken ownership of a Roundhouse Mildred class live steam locomotive – a generic model of no particular prototype sized to work well and look acceptable in the garden railway scales. If you ignore what’s
Teddy Boston’s SR model archive
The Trust is privileged to have received a donation of much of the iconic Southwold Railway 4mm layout and stock created in the 1950s and 60s by Rev. Teddy Boston. His nephew – Rev. Jonathan Boston – has passed on these pioneering
SR train at Wenhaston
Some time ago we were contacted by a Wenhaston resident, who had recently inherited his aunt’s cottage and was renovating it to use it as a holiday retreat. Some of the upper floor beams were given additional cross support, many years ago,
Southwold Railway Show Pictures – 2011
No.3 BLYTH pulling some 6-wheel Cleminson trucks across Town Marshes on Robin Rickard’s atmospheric new SR layout ‘Blackshore Quay’. If you were unable to visit the exhibition in person, do go to our Photos album where you will find a