On a blustery but warm Monday December 22nd, the team arrived early and (after the usual compulsory teas) proceeded to make ready for the next stock move. James had done a series of ever-more-pessimistic method statements, each one starting: “And
On Saturday December 20th, a (for us) very large team efficiently carried out the first part of Big Shunt II. This was pretty well a repeat of Big Shunt I (bear with me), but faster, easier and more organised. Thanks
At 08.00 on Thursday December 11th (and a cold, damp, dark morning it was), one of the Trust’s contractors – CAD Bureau Southern Ltd. from Essex – came to the workshop to measure our steam locomotive frames, buffer beams, stretchers,
On Sunday November 30th, the Big Shunt One Phase One day arrived. We have waited impatiently for this day: organising it was complex, with the need for a large team, appropriate rail panels, a cleared yard, and transport. However –
Trust volunteers recently took the SRT promotional stand to the Warley Show at the National Exhibition Centre. Our Shop Manager Stewart Green, who is also a highly skilled modeller, exhibited his layouts “Bird’s Folly” and “Bridge over the Blyth” –
Southwold Railway Trains were almost always mixed – with a selection of freight vehicles marshalled between the locomotive and the passenger coaches. The railway’s ability to move large quantities of goods – mainly coal, but also a very large variety
Almost the entire SRT Rolling Stock Group attended our workshop day on Saturday 31st, in amazingly fine weather. The plan was to cut, drill and assemble three track panels of ex-Bressingham rail to allow a trial move of Coach 7
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,