After a hard half hour adjusting the position of “Blyth”’s frames (to allow more room for “Scaldwell”), the trackbed team kindly invited the workshop team to a barbeque on Trust land on Wednesday. The weather was (eventually) kind, and we
Apologies to our regular readers: our usual blogger has been out of action with flu. And everyone else is far too busy working on SRT projects to write about them! Large gangs of volunteers have continued to devote their time,
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
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
Our “holiday” at Bird’s Folly (courtesy of the Halesworth Millennium Green) has been blessed by good weather, and, as always in Halesworth, by positive comments from passers-by. The main team, led by Trust stalwart John B, has completed the complex
Trust volunteers have been very active over the last week or so. While at the workshop Wagon 41‘s underframe approaches completion, the temporary demonstration track on the trackbed continues to be improved, while the Blyth Valley Light Railway’s 7¼” track
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
The Trust’s Application for Planning Permission to build a workshop open to the public at Blyth Road Southwold was approved on Tuesday May 17th, by Waveney District Council. There are, however, a number of quite onerous conditions, which are to
While the Trust awaits the decision on our Appeal at Wenhaston, we have not ignored the rest of the Blyth Valley. Application has been made with Waveney District Council for a workshop, visitor centre, skills centre, demonstration track, and a