Southwold Railway

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Southwold Railway
Locale	England
Dates of operation	1879 – 1929
Successor line	abandoned
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Length	8½ miles
Headquarters	Southwold

The Southwold Railway was a narrow gauge railway line between Halesworth and Southwold in the English county of Suffolk. 8¾ miles (14 km) long, it was built to 3 ft (914 mm) gauge. It opened in 1879 and closed in 1929.

Intermediate stations were at Wenhaston, Blythburgh and Walberswick.

1 Locomotives
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Locomotives

Number	Name	Builder	Type	Works Number	Built	Notes
(1)	Southwold	Sharp Stewart	2-4-0 T	2848	1879	Returned to makers, 1883
1	Southwold	Sharp Stewart	2-4-2 T	3913	1893
2	Halesworth	Sharp Stewart	2-4-0 T	2849	1879
3	Blyth	Sharp Stewart	2-4-0 T	2850	1879
4	Wenhaston	Manning Wardle	0-6-2 T	1845	1916

[edit] References

Kidner, R.W. (1947). English Narrow Gauge Railways, 3rd edition, The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-037-1.
Mitchell, V. and Smith, K. (1984). Branch Line to Southwold. Middleton Press. ISBN 0-90652-015-0.