Stevington and Turvey Light Railway with the operations moving to Woburn. Stevington and Turvey Light Railway The Stevington and Turvey Light Railway was a narrow gauge light railway on the outskirts of the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. It was about long. The railway was formed in the early 1980s by former members of The Surrey Light Railway which was based in Hersham, Surrey. The railway was established on the former track bed of the Bedford to Northampton Line. The main signal box on the line was named Needham, and contains a 31 lever Westinghouse 'L' frame which originally came from Battersea Park Signal
Leighton Buzzard came from Old English "Lēah-tūn", meaning 'farm in a clearing in the woods'. The "Buzzard" was added by the Dean of Lincoln, in whose diocese the town lay in the 12th century (arguably it was "Beau-desert", which later turned into "Buzzard".) Having two communities called "Leighton" and seeking some means of differentiating them, he added the name of his local Prebendary or representative to that of the town. At that time it was a Theobald de Busar and so over the years the town became known as Leighton Buzzard. The other Leighton became Leighton Bromswold. Leighton Buzzard is also famous