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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 - Decauville French Army loco of 1916
No.11 P.C.Allen
No.778 WD
- WW1 British War Department loco built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia
No.1091 HfB - German Army Heeresfeldbahnen loco No.1091 of 1918
Iorwerth - Vertical-boilered loco built 2002
Nutty - Sentinel Steam Loco of 1919 (2ft 11in gauge)
Sezela No.4 - Avonside Locomotive Company, built 1915, Works Number 1738

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 BuzzardNo.5 at Page's Park shed with Hfd No.1091




CFCD No.5 at Page's Park shed with No.11 P.C.Allen
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








Iorwerth  0-4-0VT

Iorwerth is an 0-4-0VT 2ft gauge vertical boilered loco built in 2002 by Adam Barber, carrying Glyn Valley Tramway livery.


Vertical Boilered 0-40VT Iorwerth
Photo: © Ian Boyle,15th September 2012
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Nutty  0-4-0

Nutty is an 0-4-0T, 2ft 11in gauge Sentinel steam loco, works no 7701, built in 1929


Sentinel steam loco Nutty
Photo: © Ian Boyle,15th September 2012
NUTTY - Leighton Buzzard - Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th September 2012 - www.simplonpc.co.ukNUTTY - Leighton Buzzard - Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th September 2012 - www.simplonpc.co.uk








Sezela No.4  0-4-0T



Sezela No. 4 was built by Avonside Locomotive Company in Bristol in 1915, Works Number 1738. It is an 0-4-0 Side Tank locomotive. It was originally supplied to Sezela Sugar Estates, Illovo, Natal, South Africa. One of six similar locomotives, Sezela worked in South Africa until 1971. Then it was brought to England by Pleasure Rail and kept at the Knebworth house and Wintergreen Railway. Most of its sister locomotives have also been brought back to the UK.

Sezela was restored at Knebworth, appearing in steam at a Leighton Buzzard Railway Gala in the mid 1980s where it distinguished itself by getting stuck on Vandyke Road Crossing! Circa 1990, Sezela was sold to the Bygone Heritage Village museum, Great Yarmouth. Unfortunately the purchaser had not checked its width - it proved too wide to fit through their platform. Although it was in steam, it was confined to the loco shed.

Sezela was purchased by a Welsh Highland Railway member in 1993, although it was not finally delivered to Porthmadog until September 1994. It arrived with a valid boiler certificate. For a while, it was provisionally named Ivor, not least because of its similarity to Ivor the Engine popular in children's fiction. However, the engine never actually ran carrying that name. In December '95, work started at the Welsh Highland Railway on rebuilding this locomotive. This proved to be a more extensive task than had been anticipated. By May '97, it was once again in steam. However, it has since left the Railway and was at the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in September 2012.


Avonside loco Sezela No.4
Photo: © Ian Boyle,15th September 2012
SEZELA No.4 - Leighton Buzzard - Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th September 2012 - www.simplonpc.co.uk







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.


No.11 P C Allen 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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