Leiston Works Railway

08/09/2026

08/09/2026

Track laying at Weybourne in the mid 1960's on the North Norfolk News

Photograph from the MCT archive.

07/09/2026

The Leiston Works Railway has recently been sent in a couple of photos taken on the 28-8-00 Showing our own LMS brakevan No. 730093 Jumbo before we took ownership. For many years Jumbo and another brake van sat on a disused siding at Wroxham.

Our regular followers will remember we purchased Jumbo back in 2015 for £1! Jumbo is currently undergoing a full restoration at our workshop and all being well could be delivered to the Works line early next year.

The last photo was taken just last Saturday and gives you some idea of just how much hard work our volunteers have carried out so far.

07/09/2026

06/09/2026

East Barsham between Wells-next-the-Sea and Fakenham East.

Photograph courtesy of the Fakenham and District Community Archive

05/09/2026

Today the Leiston Works Railway has some more great photos from the collection of Edward Lawrence. Today we go back to Saxmundham Junction on 29th August 1964.

Photo 1 Taken from the Aldeburgh line looking towards the main line junction and Signal Box.

Photo 2 A Metro-Cammell D.M.U. on an Aldeburgh train negotiates the junction. The Saxmundham Junction Signalman can just be seen on the right handing the single line staff to the Driver of the D.M.U. for the block section to Leiston.

Photo 3 The Metro-Cammell D.M.U. clears the junction and heads towards Leiston.

Photo 4 An early Brush type 2 (class 31) approaches Saxmundham Junction with a Liverpool Street to Lowestoft and Yarmouth South Town train.

Photo 5 An English Electric type 3 (class 37) approaches Saxmundham Junction with a Yarmouth South Town to Liverpool Street train.


Many thanks Edward.