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Engine Shed Doors – 8th August 2020

Engine Shed Doors – 8th August 2020

  Here is the first of the four eleven foot high Engine Shed doors being fitted to the Engine Shed extension recently completed at Steamworks in Blyth Road, Southwold. Once they are all in we can remove the doors you

John Bennett August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 Steamworks Project Read more

News from Darlington..

News from Darlington..

Not that of Stephenson’s recent triumph with new-fangled steam propulsion- even Suffolk isn’t that behind on the news. No, this is a further update from North Bay Engineering on the progress being made on the ‘Blyth’ replica, which in their

Oliver Densham August 7, 2020August 8, 2020 2-4-0 Club Read more

Blogging on..

Blogging on..

In the spirit of catching up with the news, I thought I’d better fill in on some of the other things that have been going on while I’ve been neglecting the Blogosphere. I’ve been down at Blyth Road again today,

Oliver Densham July 19, 2020August 7, 2020 Scaldwell, Steamworks Project Read more

Backblog, the Sequel..

Backblog, the Sequel..

No, I’m still not updating here enough. Mind you, there’s been a lot of work going on, so I’ll claim that in my defence, but passers-by at Steamworks are beginning to ask about updates (through the fence, obviously, due to

Oliver Densham July 18, 2020July 20, 2020 Historical, Steamworks Project Read more

12th July 2020

12th July 2020

High time we put up a blog as several things are happening at Steamworks. These photographs resulting from a site visit yesterday. Above is one of the two sandboxes from Scaldwell  lovingly refurbished by Oliver and Robin and awaiting a

John Bennett July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Scaldwell, Steamworks Project Read more

Backblog

Backblog

I’ve clearly not been doing enough blogging recently, whereas quite a lot has been happening- although these two facts may not be entirely unconnected. More to come in future posts, but one thing I must update is the progress on

Oliver Densham June 28, 2020June 29, 2020 2-4-0 Club Read more

Looking good at Steamworks, Saturday 20th June 2020

Looking good at Steamworks, Saturday 20th June 2020

It’s gone virol!  Here is our illustrious Station Master, Oliver Denham,  who has done so much during lockdown to continue the improvements to Steamworks, including some new signs he has had made up for us.   I remember Virol from

John Bennett June 22, 2020June 23, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Steamworks Project Read more

Lines from the Past

Lines from the Past

After a long and exhausting weekend moving heavy lumps of iron about in the hot sun, it makes a pleasant change to be doing less effortful tasks. Today I’ve been wire-brushing and painting one of the three spare Peckett wheelsets,

Oliver Densham June 15, 2020June 16, 2020 Scaldwell Read more

Heavy Metals

Heavy Metals

First off, we’ve had some further photographs of progress on the replica build of ‘Blyth’, one of the three Sharp, Stewart & Co. 2-4-0 tank locomotives bought by the SR in 1879 for the opening of the railway, sent to

Oliver Densham June 13, 2020June 14, 2020 2-4-0 Club, Heritage Train Project, Scaldwell Read more

A week of stones

A week of stones

Two, initially, on Tuesday. Richard and William Stone, father and son, came down to make a start on inspecting the various bits of equipment at Steamworks for the PAT test. In their usual efficient way, they compiled a thorough list

Oliver Densham June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 Steamworks Project Read more
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