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Leighton Buzzard Railway
1919-2009

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This page shows images of the Leighton Buzzard taken on Saturday 24th May 2009, when First World War locos from Germany, France and the UK (USA-built) featured.


Sections on this Page:-
Visiting Locos
Steam Locos
Diesel Locos


Locos on this Page:-
No.4 Doll
No.5 CFCD
No.11 P.C.Allen
No.778 WD
No.1091 HfB

Associated Pages:-
Simplon Rail & Tramway pages
www.buzzrail.co.uk - official Leighton Buzzard Railway website




Leighton Buzzard Railway

Visiting Locomotives


CFCD 0-6-0T No.5

No.5 was supplied in 1916 for use by the French Army in the Ainse area during the First World War. She was built by Decauville Aîné to their standard 8 tonne Progres design, and is builders' number 1757.  Used after the war by the Département de l'Aisne on the Chemins de Fer de Froissy-Cappy-Dompierre in the Ailette valley, she received the red Nord-Est livery in which she has been restored. She latterly served on the Tramway Pithiviers á Toury. She is owned by APPEVA, France.


CFCD No.5 at Page's Park shed with HfB No.1091
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
CFCD No.5 at Leighton Buzzard



CFCD No.5 at Page's Park shed with HfB No.1091
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
No.5 at Page's Park shed with Hfd No.1091



CFCD No.5 at Page's Park shed with HfB No.1091
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
Leighton Buzzard railway - CFCD No5




HfB 0-8-0T No.1091

Heeresfeldbahnen (HfB) No.1091 was supplied in 1918 for use by the German Army during the First World War. She was built by Henschel & Sohn, Kassel, to the standard Brigadelok design, and has builders' number 15968. She has radial axles of the Klein-Lindner design to permit the eight-coupled wheelbase to negotiate the tight curves of the military railways. Many of these locos saw further service after the war throughout Europe, Africa and South America. No.1091 worked in Poland until the 1980s. She is owned by the Toddington Narrow Gauge Trust in Gloucestershire.


HfB No.1091 at Page's Park shed with CFCD No.5
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
Hfd No.1091 at Page's Park shed with CFCD No.5



HfB No.1091 at Page's Park shed with Baldwin 778
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
Hfd No.1091 at Page's Park shed with CFCD No.5



HfB No.1091 at Page's Park with a freight train
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009






Steam Locomotives

Baldwin 4-6-0T WD No.778

No.778 was one of 495 locos supplied to the British War Department by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia during the First World War. She has builders' number 44656 and was completed in 1918. After the war she was one of 50 locos sent to the North Western Railway of India, where she was NWR No,15. She later ran with a sugar factory and was withdrawn in 1983.


Baldwin No.778 at Page's Park shed
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
Baldwin No.778 at Page's Park shed








0-4-0WT No.11 P.C.Allen

No.11 P.C.Allen is an 0-4-0WT built by Orenstein & Koppel AG of Drewitz, near Berlin (builders' no.12740). She was built for the Likomba Banana Co of Cameroon in 1936, later working at the Tiko Rubber Mill in the same country.


Baldwin No.778 at Page's Park shed
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
Leighton Buzzard No.11







0-6-0T No.4 Doll

No.4 Doll is an 0-6-0T built by Andrew Barclay & Co of Kilmarnock (builders' no.1738). She was built for the Sezela Sugar Estate in Natal in 1915, and worked there until the system closed in 1970.


No.4 Doll at Page's Park
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 24th May 2009
Leighton Buzzard - Doll no,4








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