{"id":3258,"date":"2019-06-21T16:19:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T16:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2019-06-21T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T16:19:17","slug":"leighton-buzzard-narrow-gauge-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3258","title":{"rendered":"Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_3263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3263\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0440.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0440.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Doll&#039; attached to train\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0440.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0440-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Doll&#8217; attached to train<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n In May 2019 I paid another visit to the Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge railway, not having been there for over a decade. The track, formerly used for sand extraction, runs for about two miles from Pages Park to the Stonehenge Works, past housing estates, across several roads and alongside a country road and the Redland works.<br \/>\nThe line has a substantial collection of steam and diesel narrow gauge locomotives collected from various places. The specially adapted passenger carriages are normally steam hauled.<br \/>\nThe run is about 25 minutes each way. There are now a number of static exhibits at the Stonehenge end which will occupy the visitor for at least the duration between trains. A further extension of the track is planned.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3261\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0434.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0434-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Passing another train\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3261\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passing another train<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3262\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0439.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0439-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"depot building at Stonehenge works\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3262\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">depot building at Stonehenge works<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3264\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0441.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0441-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"in engine shed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3264\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">in engine shed<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3265\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0443.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0443-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"in engine shed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3265\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">in engine shed<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3266\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0444.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LB_rail_0444-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"in engine shed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3266\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">in engine shed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 I paid another visit to the Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge railway, not having been there for over a decade. The track, formerly used for sand extraction, runs for about two miles from Pages Park to the Stonehenge Works, past housing estates, across several roads and alongside a country road and the Redland &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3258\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge Railway&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3268,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions\/3268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}