volunteers has ensured the survival of a railway
which formsa direct link with the economic
and social history of Bedfordshire, and beyond that to
the horrors of the First World War trenches.
Built
in 1919 to take the output from the local sand quarries
out of Leighton Buzzard town centre, it used surplus
materials and equipment from the Great War supply
lines.
The
volunteers who took over in 1968 have successfully
turned the line into both a leading tourist attraction
and a nationally recognised working museum, including
some First World War items. It is now
believed to be the last surviving railway of its
type in the UK.
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