Our report about the deliberations of Wenhaston Parish Council has ignited a furore! An official complaint is apparently in the process of being made to the Trust. We must stress that, as faithfully reported (see the previous blog), more than
The Trust needs YOUR help: meanwhile, Wenhaston Parish Councillors finally declare themselves in favour of restoring the railway!
In April 2015, Suffolk Coastal District Council turned down our modified planning application for the Wenhaston Station Project, which we see as only the start of the restoration of the entire railway. The Trust is Appealing against that decision, which
Stock Move, and a Successful AGM
A major part of the task of moving the Trust’s Rolling Stock to the new Blyth Valley rolling stock storage area – dealing with the staff mess (Coach 7) – went extremely well on Wednesday November 11th. Wave Trade* of Lowestoft
A great day for the locomotive team
On Saturday November 7th, the team working on Peter Nicholson’s Motor Rail locomotive “Mells” had a major success. John R, who has rebuilt pretty well the entire electrical system, completed the last job – replacing a faulty voltage regulator –
Despite rain, mud and thorns, the SRT ploughs on! Membership drive launched.
On Wednesday November 4th, at last, clearance of scrub for this winter’s drainage improvement work alongside the trackbed was completed by Bob and Toby – who managed to burn the results despite steady rain. Everyone is very pleased to see
Bushes, Brambles – and a Bumper Shop Day
The Trust’s weary team doggedly continued, in quite wet conditions, at Wenhaston with the vegetation clearance work, on Wednesday and Saturday October 7th and 10th. John B led a particularly successful team of bonfire burners (who caught up with the
Yet more foliage, rain and mud – and progress in many areas
The Southwold Railway Trust is blessed with a very dedicated team of hard-working volunteers – and that has never been more obvious than during the against-the-clock landscaping work in September. Two days each week (it takes all the days in
The Chairman’s Scottish Oddessey
Background: the SRT’s unusual railway fencing style used four-yard timber rails, which can only be found in Galloway. The Chairman’s cunning plan was to include a couple of railway-related stops on his way to collect the timber – he feels
Two very different types of Wenhaston work
Wednesday 2nd showed SRT volunteers working both at Wenhaston and at the Southwold workshop. Now the bird nesting season is over, we have started on the tree works necessary to allow our neighbour access to improve his (and our) drainage.
Phase I work at Halesworth Loco Shed (almost) Completed
The team suffered a ridiculously-wet Wednesday at the Folly loco shed site, but still managed to get some more work done. Both the heavy concrete bases which used to support the pump platform timbers (and had been rescued from within