The Southwold Railway 1879-1929: The Tale of a Suffolk Byway

by David Lee, Alan Taylor, Rob Shorland-Ball

Overview

A journey through the history of this railway that brought passengers to the English seaside for fifty years. Includes maps and photos.
 
The Southwold Railway was a delightful example of one of East Anglia's minor railways: A 3ft gauge railway, single track, just over eight miles long from Halesworth (connections to London) across the heathland and marshes of East Suffolk to the seaside resort and harbor of Southwold.
 
This book collates the research and memories of one of the last surviving passengers with maps and pictures to tell a fascinating tale of immaculate passenger service, management from a distant London office, closure at very short notice, and twenty-first century revival.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473867604
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	11/12/2020
Series:	Narrow Gauge Railways
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	41 MB
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About the Author

Rob Shorland-Ball remembers childhood holidays in Southwold when much of the derelict Southwold Railway, which closed in 1929, could still be discovered and explored. Rob, a one-time teacher and good story teller, worked for BR and from 1987 to 1994 was Deputy Head of the National Railway Museum in York so has a good working knowledge of railways and railway history. His co-author, David Lee now in his mid-90s, has researched the history of Southwold Railway for many years and welcomed Rob's knowledge and expertise in bringing together this substantive book on the Railway. Another important contributor is the late Alan Taylor whose opening chapter and several pictures are a tribute to his interest. Rob has woven together the scholarship of David Lee and Alan Taylor to create a story of a railway which fascinated passengers while it worked, has lived on in memory, and is now being re-created by a Charitable Trust along much of its original track-bed.