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
On Saturday December 20th, a (for us) very large team efficiently carried out the first part of Big Shunt II. This was pretty well a repeat of Big Shunt I (bear with me), but faster, easier and more organised. Thanks
At 08.00 on Thursday December 11th (and a cold, damp, dark morning it was), one of the Trust’s contractors – CAD Bureau Southern Ltd. from Essex – came to the workshop to measure our steam locomotive frames, buffer beams, stretchers,
On Sunday November 30th, the Big Shunt One Phase One day arrived. We have waited impatiently for this day: organising it was complex, with the need for a large team, appropriate rail panels, a cleared yard, and transport. However –
Trust volunteers recently took the SRT promotional stand to the Warley Show at the National Exhibition Centre. Our Shop Manager Stewart Green, who is also a highly skilled modeller, exhibited his layouts “Bird’s Folly” and “Bridge over the Blyth” –
Southwold Railway Trains were almost always mixed – with a selection of freight vehicles marshalled between the locomotive and the passenger coaches. The railway’s ability to move large quantities of goods – mainly coal, but also a very large variety