Halesworth revival group acquires RNAD wagons to replicate Southwold freight

THE Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway Society (SNGRS) has taken delivery of five complete open flat wagons and three underframes. Acquired from Alan Keef Ltd, all are 2ft 6in gauge 1940s Royal Naval Armament Depot vehicles. The society plans to regauge the vehicles to the Southwold Railway’s 3ft gauge with one underframe to be adapted into a classic Southwold curvedend open wagon for display at Blythburgh station. Another frame may be similarly treated to create a display at Halesworth station. The remainder will be adapted into various typical Southwold Railway wagons including the possibility of re-creating a six-wheel 20ft MOY private owner coal wagon employing Cleminson’s patent flexible underframe system. Earlier this year, SNGRS’s exChannel Tunnel 900mm gauge RFS Engineering Ltd 4wDH L106 of 1989 moved under its own power along a short length of track for the first time since being bought in October 2018.