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
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),
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,
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,
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