At the point in the Wenhaston trackbed currently cleared by the Wenhaston Environmental Volunteers, there is the remains of a typical SR accommodation crossing. Amazingly, after such long disuse, the gate on the north side (towards the river pastures) could
As the weather forecast was so good, we decided to fit in an extra workday at Wenhaston on December 29th. Five volunteers cleared most of another chain of trackbed, also spending some time clearing up the new havoc created by
The Trust would like to wish all our members and supporters a very Happy Christmas. This is a scene of Wenhaston Station in winter (featuring SR locomotive “Wenhaston” hauling a Southwold-bound train) by Joe Crowfoot – let’s hope that we
On a very well-attended Wenhaston workday on Wednesday 18th December we forced our way – with great difficulty – through incredible tangles of dead elm, ivy and brambles, to reach a point three fifths of the way along the wooded
In response to the tremendous success of this year’s Southwold Railway Tours, the Trust will be running Vintage Bus Tours on the following dates in 2104 (all Thursdays or Bank Holidays): March 13th, 27th April 10th, 21st (BH) May 5th
A new set of quality Southwold Railway pens is now available at the shop. These retractable pens come in 5 metallic colour finishes (black, blue, red, purple and green) and feature a ‘Sharpie’ outline loco with commemorative detailing. They are available
Another fine day at Wenhaston (we’ve been very lucky so far this winter – or perhaps I shouldn’t have said that), and our largest team – so far – of 10 volunteers cleared a horrible and intimidating tangle of bramble
The Trust is very pleased to announce that we have secured the long-term loan of Motor Rail diesel locomotive 105H006, by kind agreement of the owner, Peter Nicholson. The only extant example of its class, this very rare three foot
The Wenhaston Environmental Volunteers have continued to clear the original trackbed on Trust land. Brambles, both alive and dead, nettles, and scrub dead saplings (mainly elm) are being removed, initially to provide a path for members’ access and accurate survey. By
A more than usually hard job – two and a half hours of ivy hacking – to unearth a donated 3 yard length of original Southwold Railway rail, which used to hold up a Wenhaston resident’s washing line. John Ridgway