On Wednesday January 29th, the volunteer team spent the morning at the station site. Here, the last remnants of the large tree which came down in the St Jude’s storm were cleared away. The pond margin at the western end
Making our Land Safe
Heavy Rain stops Play
Today, Wednesday January 15th, for the first time this winter, the Wenhaston Environmental Volunteers were rained off. It must have been something we blogged. However, we used the time profitably in our Southwold workshop. Marker posts for onsite chainage
A Landmark – in Every Sense!
Another unscheduled work weekend at Wenhaston – because the weather was so unseasonably warm and sunny (and anyway we don’t really need a reason) – saw such a strong push along the trackbed eastwards that, at the end of Sunday
First Step towards Restoration
The three cylinder Deutz diesel engine on the Trust’s (loaned) Motor Rail locomotive No. 5 was tried today – and it fired! We didn’t run it, as the controls are seized, and there wouldn’t have been an easy way
The Motor Rail has Landed!
The Railway Trust’s first locomotive, Motor Rail No. 105H006, owned by Peter Nicholson, was delivered to a site close to our planned Wenhaston Station on the morning of January 7th. 2014. Substantially complete, though requiring some remedial work, the loco
Rolling Stock Group Progress
Our first Rolling Stock Group workday of 2014 saw a really gratifying turnout of eleven volunteers, who braved the cold and occasional drizzle (though even outside the workshop itself, we and the stock are well protected by a temporary building),
The Southwold Railway Trust – an end-of-year round-up
2013 has been a year of some considerable achievement, but also of considerable frustration. The most important milestones have been the planning application for Wenhaston Station on April 30th, our purchase of 31 acres of the Blyth Valley in Wenhaston,
The Trust Post-Christmas Walk
About twenty Trust members and supporters gathered at Blythburgh station (now a car park and recycling centre, though still home to the SR station coal shed), and set off at a fast pace along the river bank, through the reedbeds,
Some rusty, but historically-important, metal
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
An extra day – because we 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