Stevington and Turvey Light Railway
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The Stevington and Turvey Light Railway{{cite web |title=The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (as amended) (ROGS) |url=https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/om/rogs-exclusion-approved-list.pdf |publisher=Office of Rail Regulation |page=11 |date=2006}} was a {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} narrow gauge light railway on the outskirts of the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. It was about {{convert|3/4|mi|km}} 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 box.
The line closed in 2014, with the operations moving to Woburn.{{cite web|last1=gwernol|title=Last day of the Stevington and Turvey Light Railway|url=http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87760-last-day-of-the-stevington-and-turvey-light-railway/}}
Rolling stock
- Orenstein & Koppel RL1C {{whyte|4w|DM}} works number 7728 of 1935.{{cite book |first=Gordon |last=Edgar |title=Industrial Locomotives & Railways of London and the Northern Home Counties |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |date=15 April 2017}}
References
Category:2 ft gauge railways in England
Category:Rail transport in Bedfordshire
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