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This project successfully funded on 11th February 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
A replica passenger carriage for Southwold Railway
Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Aim
Our aim is to recreate the old Southwold Railway, which closed in 1929, so that local residents can experience the thrills of steam railways
We are a small team of 8 volunteer Trustees plus around 12 regular volunteers, mostly retired. We purchased a piece of land in Southwold, near to the original trackbed, in 2017 which gave us a base to work from, this we call Steamworks. It was the old gas works so the site had to be cleared, decontaminated and made secure. Since then we have a permanent miniature railway which enables us to give rides and generate income. We have built a station, engine shed and laid 80m of track. We have two containers one being our welfare for volunteers and the other for model railway layouts, books/DVD shop and our gift shop. The station has a café which is very popular on our open days. We have obtained two items of rolling stock from other railways, a rusty loco and a dilapidated carriage, bot in need of major restoration. We have built ourselves two replica trucks and we have had built a replica steam loco. Our next aim is to have built a replica passenger carriage so we can offer rides and gain more income for future projects.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made