We are pleased to announce that our Open Day at Blythburgh Station has now been listed as a Railway 200 Event: https://railway200.co.uk/activity/open-day-at-blythburgh-station/...
A lovely photo of the Goods Shed and a Coach at Blythburgh. Photo by Robert Greenall. As Robert says, the Goods Shed is the sole...
Our first Open Day this year is on Sunday 18th May 2025. There will be lots going on, including demonstration trains up and down the line...
Back in June 2020, the Co-Chairmen of the Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway Society, the forerunner of the Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway...
The Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway, the forerunner of the Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway CIO (‘HSNGR’), took delivery of the 900mm gauge...
Master Peter George on the footplate of Southwold Railway locomotive, No.2, 'Blyth' at Bird's Folly, Halesworth. The photographs were probably taken in the mid to...
We currently work at these sites along the trackbed of the Southwold Railway: Blythburgh Station The Folly at Halesworth Walberswick Station ...
This year our AGM will be held at 2pm at Blythburgh Village Hall on Saturday 19th July. The meeting is open only to HSNGR members. During...
Our Open Days this year are as follows: Spring - Sunday 11th May at Blythburgh Station Summer - Sunday 20th July at Blythburgh Station Autumn - Sunday 14th...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klFFIlg--jE This is another aerial survey of the Southwold Railway filmed by Pete Guy of PG Aerial. It shows the section of the railway from Blythburgh...
Work continues apace at Blythburgh Station. It’s an absolute credit to our volunteers....
As part of our continuing community engagement in Blythburgh we opened the railway especially for those attending Blythburgh Day on Sunday 4th August 2024. We...
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This is article has appeared in the current edition of the Heritage Railway Magazine ...
Not the Southwold Railway in its heyday but a photo taken at Halesworth on 20th March 2020. This article has appeared in the current edition of...
Sadly a very prophetic film. The camera was set up opposite Southwold Station and road traffic passes by. A locomotive is in the station because...
A short clip showing the signal box and yard of Halesworth Station and a train arriving at the adjoining Halesworth Narrow Gauge Station. https://youtu.be/DsJ_ohmJTHE?si=8y8eBzsIU-BTuxN6...
Following our invitation, the Southwold Railway Trust paid us a visit at Blythburgh on Saturday 20th April. SRT was represented by its Chairman, Nick Evans...
https://youtu.be/N35fkQS9gDs?si=P4X1yt4AEdp4QzeI...
Our next Open Days at Blythburgh Station are Saturday 13th July and Sunday 8th September....
We are always striving to re-create or bring back, whichever is the correct turn of phrase, the iconic, idyllic and certainly much missed, Southwold Railway,...
Blythburgh Station on Friday 16th February, in all quietness and tranquility… ...
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...
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...
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...
Happy New Year everyone!...
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...
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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...
https://youtu.be/hiKiuODpldw?si=KFe9akEmtvIm97mi Wagon No.18 travels along a stretch of the Southwold Railway at Blythburgh Station on 24th October 2023....
https://youtu.be/lZsMWSXzp3w?si=opRu8Y8PYskwOA1S How the passengers viewed the journey,...
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...
https://youtu.be/wsdXm-7TIRc?si=pDyQ0md_WmzkRzNM Here’s another video of that momentous day on 24th October 2023....
https://youtu.be/wpO76Vn_5GY?si=J6CgwCKkRJ6PDuQq On 24th October 2023, at Blythburgh Station, this became the first passenger (comprising our volunteers) train to run along the Southwold Railway trackbed since closure...
Some very good footage taken by Jim and his team at SanCastle Air of yesterday’s Blythburgh Open Day. They are @sancastleair on X (formerly known...
There will be an Open Day and Model Railway Show at Blythburgh Station on Sunday 10th September 2023 between 10.30am and 4pm. Plenty of parking...
Celebrating Halesworth’s first 800 years. We have a stall in the Market Place. ...
We have a new 3 foot gauge loco and it’s a Gleismac. it has seen service in the peat industry in Ireland and as a...
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To celebrate Suffolk Day on Wednesday 21st June, we are hosting an Open Day, showcasing our Blythburgh Station site, where there will be various displays....
To celebrate Suffolk Day, we are hosting an Open Day at Blythburgh Station on Wednesday 21st June 2023. It is a free event and all...
Don’t forget that the inaugural Halesworth Day is being held next Saturday, 13th May. We are hosting the event and so far, six local groups...
We have been working hard at Blythburgh Station and the photos show the progress that has been made since our last update. ...
We are pleased to announce that on 4 April 2023 we became a Charitable Incorpororated Organisation, so we are now a registered Charity (No. 1202621). The...
We are holding an Open Day for Members of the Public at Blythburgh Station on Sunday 23rd April 2023. Free entry, parking and refreshments. Please...
We have continued to work hard to provide a re-creation of Blythburgh Station, which closed on 13th April 1929. These photos and plan reflect what...
We are making progress at Blythburgh Station....
We are continuing our work at Blythburgh Station in our endeavours to reinstate parts of the former station site, including the station signs, fencing and...
We are holding an Open Day at Blythburgh Station on 21 June to celebrate Suffolk Day. https://www.suffolkday.co.uk/ ...
We have an Open Day at the site of Blythburgh Station on Sunday 3rd April between 10am and 4pm. Our volunteers will show you around and try and answer any questions you may have about the foundations of the station, the Good Shed and the Southwold Railway in general. We hope to have a 7 1/4 inch working steam loco running but please note that if we do, it will not be carrying any passengers. Entrance is free and we will be providing free Coffees and Teas. The site is circled in red on the photograph below. Access to the site is just off the A12 and is next to the Village Hall and almost opposite the White Hart PH. Look for the Blythburgh Station signs.
We are seeking donations towards the cost of a rebuild of Southwold Railway Loco No.2 Halesworth. Please go to our shop page, click on the...
Events in 2022 Those which our steam model railway will be in attendance are denoted by code SMR Whitwell and Reepham Railway Gala - Sat. 26...
Having obtained the owner’s permission to do so, we have continued to clear the bracken at Blythburgh Station in preparation for reinstating the platform and...
At the annual National Railway Heritage Awards ceremony at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London last Wednesday we won an award, being judged to be...
All general donations to the Society are being applied to our Trackbed Fund. It is vital that we secure sections of the trackbed as and...
We are seeking track sponsorship under our new Project, Project 2, Bird’s Quarry Junction. Please sponsor one or more sleepers for this exciting new addition...
Announced at our recent AGM, we are now launching our Blythburgh Mainline Reinstatement Project and the first two parts of this project are the reinstatement...
. caption id="attachment_2168" align="alignnone" width="300"] Moy 6 wheeled wagon [/caption] At our AGM one of our announcements about the future and the way ahead was a...
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We have another Open Day at Blythburgh Station on Sunday 10th October from 11am to 3pm. Entry is free and we will be providing free...
Here is a fascinating film about the Southwold Railway. https://youtu.be/tfu6lbp-Zec ...
We are holding a public open day at the former station at Blythburgh (currently being excavated) and its Goods Shed on Sunday 8th August between...
17th July 2021 We are holding a public open day at Blythburgh Station and Goods Shed tomorrowSunday 18th July between 10am and 4pm and will show...
We are holding a public open day at Blythburgh Station and Goods Shed on Sunday 18th July 2021 between 10am and 4pm and will show...
4th July 2021 One of our finds at the site of Blythburgh Station was the base of an Edmondson Ticket Machine. We have now bought one...
4 July 2021 Our renovations work at the Blythburgh Goods Shed is nearly complete. ...
10 April 2021 Our Diesel Hydraulic loco 'Holton" (ex Channel Tunnel loco RFS 106 ‘Mary’) pushing a wagon on our newly laid workshop track. This was...
11 April 2021 More digging at Blythburgh on Saturday 3rd April. Thanks to our volunteers, Ann, James, Jamie, Ken and Tim. ...
3 April 2021 Some good day’s digging at Blythburgh with some excellent finds, including a complete Edwardian light switch and part of the station’s scales. Many...
Current industrial archaeology being carried out on the site of Blythburgh Station. We have been carrying out some metal detecting. The bucket contains our finds. The...
Some black and white views of the sites in Halesworth on which we have been working and may eventually work on. ...
We have laid another two panels of track in Halesworth. This involved digging out soil and gravel, rail bending and fixing the rails to sleepers....
Three volunteers, Roger, Paul and Nigel with the new Blythburgh Station running in board (Station sign) created by Roger. It is in the same position...
Work has continued at Blythburgh Shed and is nearly complete. The shed is now a far cry from the dilapidated ruin of a year ago...
We now have replica name and number plates for Southwold Railway Sharp, Stewart and Co. locomotive No.2 ‘ Halesworth’...
Work continues. The fencing was completed and the shed floor, a Southwold Railway buffer stop was erected in the shed and the floor was levelled...
Work continues. The siding was infilled with earth, two panels of track laid in and outside of the shed and crumbled brick was barrowed in from a 3 ton pile and laid in between the rails inside and outside of the shed. More repairs were carried out to the fabric of the shed, Danny completed the pointing of the brickwork upon which the shed sits and a gate was erected.
Work continues and we have laid a siding next to the shed in exactly the same position as it was in the days of the...
Work continues at the shed. Danny is pointing the brickwork and we are fencing off the site. Here too are a couple of photos along...
Work continues at Blythburgh Coal Shed retaining where, at all possible, the original materials. The roof has now been completed after much work to the...
Recently we have been working on the Coal Shed at the site of Blythburgh Station. It is the last remaining building on the Southwold Railway...
This film starts in Bird's Folly, Halesworth with a train passing by and then there is a shot of Halesworth from the air and this...
We have just purchased a green machine! It is a Greenwood & Batley Battery operated 3 foot gauge locomotive, known as a Greenbat. It is...
We welcome donations towards our latest project which is to rebuild Southwold Railway locomotive No.2 ‘Halesworth’. The original was built in 1879 by Sharp, Stewart...
The Loco Shed at Halesworth. It was constructed of asbestos and wood and was erected in 1914 following the railway’s acquisition of its fourth locomotive,...
The easiest way that existing members can help is by renewing their membership promptly: HSNGR are also very grateful for the donations that most...
1. Recruited 131 Members to date, with almost all renewing, and up to 10 working volunteers 2. Held...
In compliance with current government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak, we have cancelled until further notice all volunteers workdays, local events and outreach meetings. Our...
The Bird’s Folly Loco Shed after we strimmed and tidied it up on Tuesday 17th March. The path to the left of the fence looks...
We had another good turnout of four valiant volunteers at the Blythburgh Shed on Sunday 15th March. Bridget, Tony, Richard and James. All the cut-down...
A good turnout of 6 volunteers on Tuesday 10th March. Harry (his legs are pictured here) ably assisted by Alan made great progress in solving...
Another busy workday. Here is a recently acquired chain which is likely to be the one used in conjunction with the wheel pump on the...
We worked very hard to remove at least 50 years accumulated growth on the roof of the Southwold Railway Coal Shed. All the work on...
We are very pleased to announce that all 70 sleepers have now been sponsored for Project 1, Halesworth Junction, the track laying at Bird’s Folly...
Here is advance notice of an event being organised by the Society and it is a first for Halesworth – Halesworth’s very own Model Rail...
We are constructing a Contractor’s wagon which will eventually go on display at site of the loco shed in Bird’s Folly Halesworth....
We now have facsimile copies of the 1914 Southwold Railway Timetable for sale in our online shop. The facsimile was sourced from a very rare...
This turned out to be a red-letter day for our Society. At about 4.15pm, the wheels on our RFS loco turned under power for the...
We had a very good team for the Blythburgh Shed foliage removal work. Just a reminder, the shed at Blythburgh Station is the sole remaining...
Here is a recent edition of Halesworth’s Happening’ and below that is an edition of ‘Halesworth Headshunt.’...
Why not become a Member of our Society? It’s only £5 a year and you can join online through our Membership and Shop Pages. Members of...
An out of the ordinary day for us on Tuesday 10 December. Two of our sleeper sponsors had told us that they wanted to lay...
Halesworth's own loco No.2 ‘Halesworth’ in original Southwold Railway livery...
The weather was kind today and we laid another 12 yards of track on the original trackbed at Bird’s Folly Halesworth, making 51 yards in total...
Another 6 yards panel of track, sleepers and ballast laid on 22 October 2019 by our dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers in accordance with...
Please view the following link to see the HSNGR Achievements list June 2019...
We have set up a track bed fund called the Halesworth Junction Track Fund for which we are inviting sponsorship...
Work carried out by the Society at the loco shed in Bird’s Folly Halesworth...
Work continues on our Diesel Hydraulic loco ‘Holton’...
Work carried out by the Society at the loco shed in Bird’s Folly Halesworth...
Members of the Society can receive all the latest news in our regular online newsletter “Halesworth Headshunt”....
All donations are being applied to our Trackbed Fund. It is vital that we secure sections of the trackbed as and when they become available....
Our Member’s Newsletters are archived here: HH March 22 2019...
Please visit our Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/HalesworthtoSouthwoldNGR...
