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Steamworks Project

SteamWorks starts to take shape

SteamWorks starts to take shape

Events are moving fast at our Southwold site.  Clarkes of Walsham https://www.clarkesofwalsham.co.uk/  delivered timber, membrane, and insulation for the walls and floor of the workshop and main shed:  having enjoyed such a long spell of settled weather, we were caught

SRT Blogger June 29th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Permanent Way, Rolling Stock, 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 19th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Events, Heritage Train Project, Steamworks Project, Wagon Rebuild Read more

The Co-operative connection, another successful Pop-Up Shop, the first railway van onsite

The Co-operative connection, another successful Pop-Up Shop, the first railway van onsite

The Trust is pleased and thankful that the Co-operative Group has chosen our charity as one of the local beneficiaries for their community funding. https://causes.coop.co.uk/ We have a display in Southwold Co-op, where the Chairman spent a recent afternoon talking

SRT Blogger June 4th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Permanent Way, Rolling Stock, Steamworks Project Read more

Progress at Blyth Road: Shop in Halesworth and Southwold

Progress at Blyth Road: Shop in Halesworth and Southwold

Both membership numbers, and the size of volunteer teams, are rising quite fast now. On the SteamWorks site in Southwold, the new building (a bit over one third of the whole visitor centre) is well on the way to completion,

SRT Blogger May 23rd, 2017January 16th, 2019 Permanent Way, SRT Shop, Steamworks Project Read more

SteamWorks grows

SteamWorks grows

At the SteamWorks site in Southwold, the central part of the new visitor centre is almost complete, with just the roof cladding to complete, and services to put on. Trust volunteers laid a third panel of permanent track, plus a

SRT Blogger May 15th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Permanent Way, Scaldwell, Steamworks Project Read more

First Permanent Track Laid in Southwold for the SR

First Permanent Track Laid in Southwold for the SR

On Wednesday May 3rd, Trust volunteers laid the first two permanent panels of three-foot-gauge rails on the new Southwold Railway – 88 years after closure. This will form part of the northern of the two roads inside the new rolling

SRT Blogger May 4th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Events, Other Railways, Steamworks Project Read more

A Very Successful Show, and Progress in Southwold

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

SRT Blogger April 30th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Events, SR Models, Steamworks Project Read more

The Pace Quickens

The Pace Quickens

Things are happening so fast with the Trust that it’s hard to keep up with it. On the Southwold Steam Works site at Blyth Road, further clearance and levelling have taken place, and the central core of the visitor centre

SRT Blogger April 27th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Rolling Stock, Scaldwell, Steamworks Project Read more

Steam Works, Halesworth Museum, Heritage Train, and some Trees

Steam Works, Halesworth Museum, Heritage Train, and some Trees

The Trust’s Architect and Trustee John Bennett has provided a Portacabin on our new land at Blyth Road, which can be used by volunteers as a staff mess, and as an onsite office. It was last used by Southwold’s lifeboat

SRT Blogger April 14th, 2017January 16th, 2019 Steamworks Project, Wenhaston Station Project Read more

Trust Buys Southwold Site

Trust Buys Southwold Site

We are very pleased to announce that, thanks to the generosity of our members and supporters, the Trust has taken possession of the Steam Works site at Blyth Road, Southwold. The Trust already has full planning permission to build 22-chains

SRT Blogger April 2nd, 2017January 16th, 2019 Steamworks Project Read more
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