History Of The Southwold Railway вђ Southwold Railway Trust Please *subscribe* *share* and *comment* you can also *follow* on instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. exploring what remains and what there is to rediscove. Later in the year i hope to film the course of the old southwold railway from halesworth to southwold.but first i had a look at their visitor centre in south.
The Southwold Railway Book вђ Southwold Railway Trust Welcome. preserving it for future generations to enjoy. the southwold railway was a remarkable 3 foot narrow gauge railway linking the fashionable suffolk seaside resort of southwold with the great eastern main line at halesworth 8¾ miles inland. opened in 1879, it gently wound its way towards the sea through the beautiful valley of the river. The southwold railway company was formed with the help of local people (many of whom bought shares), a gauge of 3ft was chosen, and the halesworth based board set about raising the money. they had difficulties and were replaced by another board, with meetings transferred to the london offices of the new chairman, richard rapier. The southwold railway was a narrow gauge railway line between halesworth and southwold in the english county of suffolk. 8 miles 631⁄2 chains (14.15 km) long, it was 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge. it opened in 1879 and closed in 1929. intermediate stations were at wenhaston, blythburgh and walberswick. The southwold railway was a remarkable 3 foot narrow gauge railway linking the fashionable suffolk seaside resort of southwold with the great eastern main line at halesworth 8¾ miles inland. opened in 1879, it gently wound its way towards the sea through the beautiful valley of the river blyth, with intermediate stations at wenhaston.
The Halesworth To Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway Society The The southwold railway was a narrow gauge railway line between halesworth and southwold in the english county of suffolk. 8 miles 631⁄2 chains (14.15 km) long, it was 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge. it opened in 1879 and closed in 1929. intermediate stations were at wenhaston, blythburgh and walberswick. The southwold railway was a remarkable 3 foot narrow gauge railway linking the fashionable suffolk seaside resort of southwold with the great eastern main line at halesworth 8¾ miles inland. opened in 1879, it gently wound its way towards the sea through the beautiful valley of the river blyth, with intermediate stations at wenhaston. The new build replica 3ft gauge southwold railway 2 4 0t no. 3 "blyth" has now arrived at its new home at the southwold railway trust’s steamworks site at southwold in suffolk, where she will have a formal launch into service before her public debut from the 17th to 24th of aril 2022. the locomotive will operate on a 80 yard section of 3ft. The southwold railway trust: committed to restoring the historic narrow gauge railway link between halesworth & southwold; preserving it for future generations to enjoy the southwold railway trust england's premier 3 foot gauge railway.
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