During the darkest and coldest days of winter, Trust volunteers continue to brave elements and minority grumblings alike. The Rolling Stock Group has been painting the underframe sections for Open Wagon 41, and refitting the axlebox bearings, ready for its
Wednesday January 27th was, luckily, nowhere near as wet as forecast (they don’t call this the Sunshine Coast for nothing!), so we were able, with a large and enthusiastic team, to split into three. Before that, we collected two large
The Southwold Railway Trust can look backward to 2015 as a good, but hard, year of consolidation. Our volunteers spent almost six months on two efforts – firstly, works to enable the boundaries and access on the Wenhaston land, including
Recent evidence (i.e. derogatory fliers) suggests that those opposed to our plans are also avid readers of this blog. So here’s a little food for their thoughts. The Wenhaston jungle telegraph beats loud and strong and it became quite apparent
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
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
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
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
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
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