A quiet day at the workshop with only three of us in attendance (tho’, to be fair, Latitude was on – ed.). Progressing the toilet building for Wenhaston was the order of the day, James and Bob concentrated on the
Trust volunteers (travelling from as far away as Bury St. Edmunds and Bedford – the dedication of our members never ceases to amaze me) had three strongly-contrasting tasks today. The railway-style WC for Wenhaston Station moves on apace, with the
The “Punch and July Booth” (AKA the Wenhaston Station WC) is moving on fast – or, as fast as it can in the heatwave. This John Bennett-designed building (which boats a typical JB touch with the diamond-shaped window in the
Several working volunteers of the Trust accepted the kind invitation from Bernie Ward of the East Anglia Transport Museum to go with them to the Yaxham Light Railway, beside the Mid-Norfolk Railway near Dereham. We got to drive historic diesels
The hardwood frame for SR covered van 40, part of the Heritage Train Project, is moving on at the Special Objectives for Local Disabled workshop in Lowestoft. The skilled carpenters at the workshop have been machining the many mortice-and-tenon joints
Peter Nicholson’s Motor Rail locomotive is beginning to look, again, as it would have done when built in the late 1960s. As we were having the components of Wagon 41 gritblasted by Coastground of Yarmouth, we thought we should also
On a beautiful spring day at Wenhaston Station, Bernie, one of the Trust’s longest-serving volunteers – completed the lettering on SR van body No 13. Nestled in the vigorous vegetation, it now looks very much the part. Although the SCDC
Coastground of Yarmouth – a firm who have always been very supportive of the Trust – pulled out all the stops to gritblast and prime all the parts for SR open wagon 41’s underframe. This was a sizeable job, as
A small team of Trust volunteers worked on both locomotives, recently. The frames of Sharp Stewart 2-4-0T “Blyth” were unbolted from the stretchers and buffer beams, ready for transporting to Peggs of Aldeburgh for the rest of the work to
Join us on Classic 1966 Coach “Florence” for a day trip through the Blyth Valley. On the “A-ticket Tour”, our Guide will show you what is left of the historic railway, visiting all the stations and many parts of the