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About this blog

Welcome to my blog.

Here I shall update you on my wonderful goings on, as I try to faithfully recreate the locos and rolling stock of The Southwold Railway, in 00n3.

The Southwold Railway was a narrow gauge railway between Halesworth and Southwold in the English county of Suffolk. A total 8 miles 63 1⁄2 chains(14.15 km) long, it was 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge.

It opened in 1879 and closed in 1929.

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The Southwold Railway

A short history of the Railway

The Southwold Railway was a British 3ft Narrow Gauge Railway.  Built in 1879 and closed in 1929. The main line was 8 miles (14.15 km) long, running from Southwold to Halesworth, stopping at three intermediate stations, Walberswick, Blythburgh and Wenhaston. The was a link to Blackshore Quay, between Southwold and Walberswick, which was to be 0.25 miles long. The railway had with three locomotives for the opening, but a total of four by closure, built by Sharp, Stewart Company. They
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