tarboat's photos with the keyword: bedfordshire

Military railway action at Pages Park on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway. The line up features, from the left, 40hp Armoured Simplex LR2182, War Department Hunslet 303 and War Department Baldwin 778.

War Department Baldwin 778 meets the oldest soldiers around outside the shed at Pages Park on the Leighton Buzzard light railway.

Crossing Appenine Way, Leighton Buzzard. The locomotive No.778 is a British War Department loco built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia and delivered in 1917. It is one of only two survivors in the UK of the total of 495 delivered by Baldwin.

A bit of fun with a wide angle lens at the Vandyke curve on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway. The WD Baldwin heads a long train towards Stonehenge.

Baldwin in action at Pages Park. A challenging day at Leighton Buzzard but it was still fun in good company. Thanks to the lads from Apedale for putting on their uniforms and sticking around all day.

At the coal stage adjacent to Stonhenge Works on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.

Baldwin built British War Department locomotive 778 is in charge of this departure from Pages park on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway. Built in 1917 this locomotive is one of only two survivors in the UK of the total of 495 delivered by Baldwin.

Special train for the Industrial Railway Society AGM is seen crossing a road on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard. The locomotive No.778 is a British War Department loco built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia and delivered in 1917. It is one of only two survivors in the UK of the total of 495 delivered by Baldwin.

I found this brick at the side of a footpath this afternoon and was intrigued by the lettering in the Frog. LBC = London Brick Company but the rest was a mystery. A quick Google later and all was revealed: The early brick presses only applied two presses to the powdered clay in the brick moulds. The trade-name Phorpres came about because Fletton Bricks made in Bedfordshire are pressed twice in each direction so that they are literally 'four pressed' if the phrase is pronounced quickly it becomes Phorpres! The logo for Phorpres bricks can be seen here .