News from MSLR

Although we have had to cancel the majority of our 2020 programme, plans are in hand for Santa Specials and New Years Day Light & Steam. We are receiving strong support from our Contributor partners and hope to provide firm details of what, when and how to book very soon. As you can imagine we…

The Kenton Station Running-in Board One of the very few genuine station running in boards known to exist since the closure of the old railway, the Kenton sign is no longer on loan to the Middy, but now a permanent part of the Museum’s collection of artefacts. After the closure of the line in 1952,…

Well new to us that is! The Belstead Village Hall Committee have very generously donated an ex-BR van body to the MSLR. When restored the P.W. team will use it for their tools and equipment. It will be a highly useful and very welcome addition to our storage facilities. Shown here in its new position…

Despite the recent easing of some Coronavirus outbreak restrictions, the Trustees of the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway have reluctantly decided that they still cannot reopen the museum to the general public until further notice. The main issues arising for the MSLR in terms of Covid-19 precautions and, as an accredited museum and a registered charity, are…

  Steve Latham (copper welder at Mervyn Mayes’ – our boiler repair contractor) completed repairs to 1604’s firebox in a much shorter timescale than we could ever have hoped for. And the firebox has now received its formal pass certificate. So we are now in a position to refit the inner firebox and a new…

We are very pleased to announce that the Middy Shop has obtained the exclusive right and existing stock for the sale of Peter Paye’s iconic book on the history of the MSLR  – the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. First published in 1986, this 216 page book is the recognised authority on the history of the line…