Leighton Buzzard Light Railway 19th century sand was carried by horse carts from quarries south of the town to be shipped on the Dunstable-Leighton Buzzard railway. The carts damaged roads and resulted in claims for compensation against the quarry owners from Bedfordshire County Council. At the end of the century steam wagons were introduced which increased the damage to roads. The outbreak of the First World War cut off supplies of foundry sand from Belgium. Sand was needed for ammunition factories and new sources were sought. Leighton Buzzard sands proved well suited and production increased. After 1919 the quarry companies were told they could
Doll (locomotive) and "Doll" is gauge with a long fixed wheelbase, and was unsuitable for the line. The loco was sold to Henry Williams, who in turn sold her to the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in 1969. "Doll" was temporarily withdrawn from service at the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway in 19??. at which point she received a new all welded boiler from Bennett Boiler and a full bottom end overhaul at Alan Keef Ltd. The valve gear was fitted with new eccentrics and repinned and bushed to remove lost motion which had developed. It appears that at some point in the