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  1. James Hewett
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    "Solar-powered freight train"?

    The Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway CIO plans to run on 11th May at Blythburgh Station - for the first time in public - a goods train...
    Thread by: James Hewett, Apr 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM, 2 replies, in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
  3. James Hewett
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    WHR Ltd. is the Gelert's Farm trade mark, and has been for decades. The members and volunteers would not allow it to be abandoned. But - in...
    Post by: James Hewett, Mar 21, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  4. James Hewett
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    May I crave the indulgence (as they used to say on the Times letter page) of the moderators to put forward an idea recently published in the WHR...
    Post by: James Hewett, Mar 20, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  5. James Hewett
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    Interesting to see the recent test train between Harbour and Beddgelert, with Hunslet "Linda" plus four. One might speculate that such a consist...
    Post by: James Hewett, Feb 25, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  6. James Hewett
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    Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway General Discussion

    Agree - but of course we enthusiasts are not core business, are we? Reminds me of last time I visited the Leighton Buzzard - it was a Gala, and...
    Post by: James Hewett, Feb 19, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  7. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    Thanks Rob - your photos are much admired. Next time you are passing let us know, and we can show you around the site in detail (or of course...
    Post by: James Hewett, Feb 13, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  8. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    We had planned to shut down volunteering over Christmas/New Year - but reckoned without the enthusiasm of our volunteers! (shades of the...
    Post by: James Hewett, Jan 1, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  9. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    You'll be very welcome. We'll be publishing the dates for our 2024 events at Blythburgh Station before the end of the year - likely to be May,...
    Post by: James Hewett, Oct 2, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  10. James Hewett
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Agreed - not a comparable situation. A small extra tweak to keep the record straight (tho' perhaps a little off topic here except as a general...
    Post by: James Hewett, Oct 2, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  11. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    Thanks - very useful indeed. We now have a volunteer willing to make and signwrite the Odams' sign - we have, thanks to you, have a good idea...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 26, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  12. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    Yes indeed - and of course wagons. It's odd that these staddles are carved stone (carefully shaped, inset at the top to take a SR sleeper [6" x...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 25, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  13. James Hewett
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 24, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  14. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    Thanks - apologies for the weeds - we were badly flooded a a week ago and the thistles have taken advantage..... We have just started work on the...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 24, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  15. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    Hi - we don't have a steam loco yet. That's not to say we have not pursued many 3-footers all over the UK - but we have not succeeded in...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 20, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  16. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] We enjoyed another very good Open Day at the station on 10th. Lots of people came - more than half of whom...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 19, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  17. James Hewett
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Readers might be surprised to know that the first battery-electric locomotive – the 7-tonne “Galvani” - was invented, built and demonstrated by...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 8, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  18. James Hewett
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Agreed. We have very much the same thing in Suffolk ("Why are you doing this? What's the point? Are you mad?") with the added difficulty here...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 5, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  19. James Hewett
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    I continue to be impressed by Mr Lewin's (and his technical and marketing teams') professionalism in these segments. It's far from an easy thing...
    Post by: James Hewett, Sep 1, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  20. James Hewett
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    Southwold Railway

    It's indeed very gratifying to see a clean steel line on the top of rusty rails, when you have watched it (and made it!) grow from nothing. On...
    Post by: James Hewett, Aug 21, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
  21. James Hewett
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Sounds a bit like what we have been doing on the Southwold Railway - in addition to the restoration of Blythburgh Station we have been putting in...
    Post by: James Hewett, Aug 17, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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