A large team of twelve enthusiastic volunteers split into two on Wednesday April 8th. Most (because of the good weather) went to Wenhaston, and carried on path clearance and SR fencing – while the rest continued with Motor Rail and
On April 30th the Southwold Railway Trust will be “celebrating” its two year wait for a decision by Suffolk Coastal District Council on the planning application for the Wenhaston Project – which we were originally promised would take only eight
For the first time (well, since 1929, anyway), the Southwold Railway has been running a week of Mutual Improvement Classes – an old and honoured railway tradition. In the sure expectation that we will rebuild the railway (if only because
A large volunteer team at Wenhaston (I mean that the team was large, not the volunteers, who are admirably svelte, because of all the healthful exercise) – perhaps drawn there by the fine weather – completed painting Van 13 (except
It was so fine on Wednesday 25th February that Bob, Toby and John B decided to carry on painting the grounded van body at Wenhaston station – having had a glimpse of the maroon finishing coat from a passing bus,
A five-man work party at Wenhaston accomplished much, despite some odd weather – and a lot of mud. Stewart and Chris – both now dab hands at the Jim Crow (for explanation see an earlier blog), Stewart being a veteran
Monday 26th January was an important day for the Trust: the Southwold Railway grounded van body arrived from Herefordshire, and was efficiently set up in less than six hours. Mr and Mrs Prior of Buildings Bespoke were onsite soon after
Although Wednesday October 29th was scheduled to be wet, we had a good and dry day until almost the end. The team first collected five standard gauge sleepers donated by a supporter in Reydon. These are of good quality timber
On Tuesday, October 21st, in a torrential downpour, our specialist timber supplier Brandams of Haverhill delivered to the Trust’s workshop twenty pieces of sapele mahogany for Van 40. As with their previous delivery, the quality is very good indeed. This
A good-sized team of volunteers enjoyed a really fine day at Wenhaston on Saturday October 18th. Sean and his loaders first collected our new gates, all the tools, and 8 pieces of repaired original SR fencing from our Southwold workshop,