While on our trip on the Leighton Buzzard Light railway, I spotted a map showing the original scope of the line:
Looking closer, yes, there's the short section of rail on a wharf by the canal that's long made me curious:
It looks like this little bit of line was separate to the currently running stretch, could well have been a separate company, even. The remains of industry fascinate me, especially when largely forgotten; it would be great to try to search out other remains of this second line, but for the mean time I can only look at maps online:
The route of the standard gauge brach is clearly visible; by it's very nature, 'light' railway was pretty much emphemeral and made less of an impact on the land.
Edited to add - Carrie's sent me a picture of the wharf itself, looking pretty much ready for a few trucks to be rolled in:
Work and play at Cropredy
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I'm glad to report that Herbie is still afloat - well you never know these
days with all the weather we're having; there's a 40-odd mph wind outside
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