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gps of the visit above. The pins on the Vandyke Road and the A4012 are the level crossings.

enlarged areas: above reception, café and shop. Below Stonehenge Works Station and sand quarry

The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway was opened in 1919, using surplus war equipment. It was used to transport sand from 6 quarries, over a distance of up to 4 miles, to the mainline railway, for onward distribution.

No. 4260 1922	Train backs into the station	Ready for the off	We enjoyed the trip through housing estates, some of the tracks were hemmed in with walls and the smuts must have been a hazard on washing day. We passed farmland and stopped for level crossings until we reached Stonehenge the end of the line.
	Doll	Inside the cab
	Engine driver	Doll's makers
		Penlee has not steamed since the 1940s	A German military train
Boiler	Floral decorations		Doll
Rust	Countryside	Level crossing
Inside the cab	Buffers	Doll arrives	Doll goes off to attach to the front of the train
We had a buffet lunch in the café. Afterwards we went to the engine shed to hear about the history of the Leighton Buzzard Railway and see the engines kept there.	'Isabel'	Diesel	Wonderful adjustable spanners
	'P C Allen'	'P C Allen' was built for the a chemical works in Torrelavega, Spain. It was brought to England in 1963. It was named after Sir Peter Allen, whose leaving present it was when he retired. He gave it to The Leighton Buzzard Railway
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	Elf was built for use on plantation railways in Cameroon, West Africa, and originally wood-fired, which accounts for the distinctive spark-arrester chimney shape		This enlarges massively
'Doll' coming back to base	There were areas of wild flowers	Getting ready for the next trip	Taking on water
We had cream teas in the café and then returned home by the scenic route via Ivinghoe. It was an interesting day.