Steam to the Sea! The Southwold Railway Story

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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *COMMENT* You can also *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains and what there is to rediscover of the lost narrow gauge railway to Southwold. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering Many thanks to Southwold Museum for the archive footage. Unless otherwise stated, all photographs were sourced from the Facebook page 'Memories of Norfolk's Old Railways and Stations (Suffolk, E Cambs, SE Lincs). Music c/o Epidemic Sound 00:00 Prelude 01:37 Introduction 02:12 Halesworth 03:37 Departing Halesworth 06:10 Wenhaston 07:20 Death on the Railway (1) 08:22 Trackbed Journey (Drone Footage) 09:21 Blythburgh 10:16 The Railway's Locomotives 11:42 Waterways & Woodlands 13:31 Drone Footage 14:19 Walberswick 15:17 Death on the Railway (2) 15:43 The Swing Bridge 16:31 The Harbour Branch 17:26 Return to the Main Line 17:58 Southwold in Sight... 18:13 Southwold 19:12 Why did it close? 20:17 Coda Corrections - Locomotive No.4 was constructed by Manning & Wardle, not the makers mentioned in the film. - It seems I have mispronounced 'Wenhaston', despite my best efforts! I have it on good authority, now, that when Wenhaston is said, the 'H' is silent and the 'A' is changed to an 'I' - thus it is pronounced: 'Weniston'