Regular Trust volunteers continue to brave the cold weather, and the unceasing demands to drink more tea and eat more cake. Richard, our guest blogger, has already described his dogged determination to release the control system – ultimately crowned with
A cold, grey, drizzly day (one a Scot would probably describe as dreich) had me heading across to the workshop with more hope than anything else that the control unit I’d left swimming in penetrating oil may be free. The
A five-man work party at Wenhaston accomplished much, despite some odd weather – and a lot of mud. Stewart and Chris – both now dab hands at the Jim Crow (for explanation see an earlier blog), Stewart being a veteran
As there’s so much to do, the Rolling Stock Group have started a second Saturday each month. On 24th, six regulars, fortified as always by hot drinks and cake, made considerable progress on the Motor Rail loco and Coach 7.
Monday 26th January was an important day for the Trust: the Southwold Railway grounded van body arrived from Herefordshire, and was efficiently set up in less than six hours. Mr and Mrs Prior of Buildings Bespoke were onsite soon after
My second visit to the workshop this month, the team are trying a schedule of two Saturdays a month at the moment. Just a handful of the regulars were in attendance but we made some good progress – Toby completed
On 3rd and 7th January, the team braved the cold and damp, and got on with the Motor Rail loco. To improve access, the (extremely heavy) bonnet and the cab brackets were removed – the latter have been treated against
With the end of the old year, the Trust can look back at a series of great achievements over 2014. Volunteer attendances at our working days at both Wenhaston and Southwold have crept up in numbers – as has Trust
The Southwold RailwayTrust would like to wish all our members, supporters and well-wishers a very Happy Christmas. Special greetings and thanks to Duncan’s Builders (for putting up with us at the workshop for another year), Roger Desborough (storage and transport
On a blustery but warm Monday December 22nd, the team arrived early and (after the usual compulsory teas) proceeded to make ready for the next stock move. James had done a series of ever-more-pessimistic method statements, each one starting: “And