SRT members John Ridgway, James Hewett & Toby Robinson collected the newly-blasted and primed wagon bits from Coastground, Great Yarmouth recently. The frame and wheelsets have already gone to Peggs of Aldeburgh for re-sizing. All the rest is back in
The stripped 4-wheel ex-WD chassis loaded on a lorry on its way to Coastground of Yarmouth, where it is to be grit-blasted and primed – along with the wheelsets, coupling assemblies, brake gear and springs. After this it will travel to
The Southwold Railway Trust has taken delivery of two historic items of rolling stock from the Isle of Man – Manx Northern Railway Coach number 3 built in 1879 and the frames of steam locomotive No.7 Tynwald built in 1880.
Well, the October deadline has passed and we are currently told it will be a few more weeks. Nothing much else we can do but wait..
Suffolk Coastal District Council have deferred the planning decision date once again – the latest date is October 10th. Glad they’re doing the job thoroughly! Let’s hope for a positive outcome for us. Their website doesn’t make it easy to register
This season’s jam is in the Southwold Railway Shop now and selling fast! Blackberry & Apple, Rowan & Apple, Blackcurrant and Rhubarb & Ginger. If you fancy something different, try Passion Fruit, Quince & Apple – very exotic!
Just to keep our readers up-to-date: the planning application deadline has been deferred until September 12th. If you haven’t yet registered your online support there’s still time to go to the Suffolk Coastal Distric Council website and follow the links;
While we still await the outcome of our planning application we have now introduced an online facility to enable sponsors to help us acquire the monies need to purchase the Wenhaston station site. Just visit the “22 Club” pages to
As a tangible sign that work is progressing on our Loco Build we have just taken delivery of the smokebox door at our base in Duncan’s Yard! Here it is in all its glory, with the chimney seating and chimney
With the restoration team now meeting on a regular basis at our shed at Duncan’s Yard, work has started in earnest on the ex-War Department 2’6″ gauge 4-wheeled chassis. Since this photo the chassis has been turned through 90 degrees