21 Feb Seaside branch lines need to be able to connect to their nearest town
Another lovely little lost railway that linked a town, Axminster, to the seaside, Lyme Regis. In our case, it was from Halesworth to Southwold. Ours...
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17 Feb We finish second in the Heritage Railway Association’s Awards in Brighton
On Saturday February 10th 2024, Blythburgh Team Members Shirley and Paul attended the Heritage Railway Association’s annual awards ceremony in Brighton. The Blythburgh team finished...
17 Feb We charge our Greenwood and Batley battery loco with solar power
Apart from the Poplar Miniature Railway, ours appears to be the only railway in the United Kingdom that charges one of its locomotives by solar...
02 Jan Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year everyone!...
02 Jan Signal Shed completed
The station scene at Blythburgh Station. Note the new Signal Shed. This is a replica of the shed that was on the same site until...
24 Dec Merry Christmas everyone!
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24 Dec Another first – we have re-created an as yet unfinished wagon using the Cleminson System
https://youtu.be/JoKjyRAT6bU?si=HrfOF2txLASXGbiK Another first. We have created a working example of a six wheeled wagon (as yet uncompleted) which uses the Cleminson flexible axle system. This type...
24 Dec A goods vehicle travels along the Southwold Railway trackbed on 24th October 2023
https://youtu.be/hiKiuODpldw?si=KFe9akEmtvIm97mi Wagon No.18 travels along a stretch of the Southwold Railway at Blythburgh Station on 24th October 2023....
24 Dec The first passenger journey on the Southwold Railway since 11th April 1929 from the passengers’ perspective
https://youtu.be/lZsMWSXzp3w?si=opRu8Y8PYskwOA1S How the passengers viewed the journey,...
24 Dec Another video from 24th October 2023 at Blythburgh Station
https://youtu.be/2eoxGXXAto8?si=TO6XxdL1s5YSADQG Another video of the first psssenger journey on the Southwold Railwsy since 11th April 1929. Note the recently erected re-creation of the Signal Shed that...