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Industrial & Private Lines: Bedfordshire
Signal Fact 26
A point rod detector was devised by Atkinson, Engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway.
It was installed at Retford in 1852.
This page should be regarded as “Work in Progress”. The webmaster will welcome additional information for this page.
County pages contain details of Industrial and other Private lines that do not form part of any of the principally listed companies on this web site. RailRefs generally remain un-numbered in the county lists.
In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
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Luton Corporation |
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Off GN032 |
Sidings southward off GN032Luton Power Station TL 096 212 |
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Laporte Industries Ltd, Luton |
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Off GN032 |
Sidings northward off GN032 about 1 mile west of Luton stationLuton Chemical Works TL 069 221 |
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British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd, Caddington |
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Off GN032 |
Sidings off GN032Blows Down Lime Works TL 039 220. 1895-1949. Also narrow gauge internal. |
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Associated Portland Cement, Houghton Regis |
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Off GN032 |
Triangular connection northwards off GN032Dunstable Cement Works TL 015 233, TL 016 232 |
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Vauxhall Motors Ltd, Dunstable |
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Off |
Connection north-eastwards off GN032Bedford Truck Plant TL 024 224. 1955-1981. |
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London Brick Co Ltd, Arlesey |
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Off GN040 |
Connection westward off GN040Arlesey Brickworks TL 186 352. Previously Beart's Patent Brick Co. Standard gauge ceased c1948. Also narrow gauge system. |
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Edmundsons Electricity Corporation, Little Barford |
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Off GN040 |
Connection off GN040Little Barford Power Station TL 183 576 c1940-1980. A new gas fired power station now occupies the site. |
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Vauxhall Motors Ltd, Luton |
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Off |
Connection eastward off MR070 1.5 miles south of Luton station.Luton Works TL 105 205. 1912-1982. Vauxhall started in Wandsworth Road, South London (Vauxhall), hence the name. |
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London Brick Co, Kempston Hardwick |
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Off MR070 |
Connection westward off MR070Coronation Brickworks TL 034 440. Also narrow gauge internal. |
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London Brick Co, Elstow |
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Off MR070 |
Connection eastward off MR070Elstow Brickworks TL 042 455. Also narrow gauge internal. |
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Bedford District Gas Co, Bedford |
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Off MR070 |
Connection off MR070Ford End Road TL 041 493. c1895-1970. |
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W H Allen, Sons & Co Ltd, Bedford |
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Off MR070 |
Connection off MR070Queen's Engineering Works, Ford End Road TL 041 497. c1904-1971. |
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MoD Army Department, Elstow |
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Off MR074 |
Connection eastward of MR070, off MR074Royal Ordnance Factory No.16, later Elstow Storage Depot TL 040 438. 1941-1964. |
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Air Ministry, Henlow |
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Off MR075 |
Connection off MR075 north of HenlowStandard gauge TL 167 362; Narrow gauge TL 168 363. 1917-1964 |
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MoD Airforce Department, Cardington |
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Off MR075 |
Connection south-west off MR075Royal Airship Works TL 077 471. Previously Short Bros. 1917-1969. |
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Britannia Iron & Steel Works Ltd, Bedford |
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Off MR075 |
Connection off MR075Previously J & F Howard. Britannia Iron Works TL 045 490. c1895-1970. |
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Leighton Buzzard Light Railway |
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Off NW110 |
Narrow gauge but ran into Leighton Buzzard Goods Yard. Served Joseph Arnold & Sons Ltd and George Garside (Sand) Ltd who took over in 1958. Sand traffic ceased 1981 and majority of line sold to Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society. |
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Leighton Buzzard Sand Co Ltd, Leighton Buzzard |
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Off NW113 |
Connection off NW113 near Grovebury CrossingFirbank Sand Pits SP 924 240. 1897-c1949. |
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British Portland Cement Manufacturers, Dunstable |
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Off NW113 |
Connection off NW113 at Forders SidingsPreviously B J Forder & Son Ltd. Sewell Limeworks SP 995 226. Also a narrow gauge tramway. |
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Sewell Limestone Quarry, Dunstable |
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Near NW113 |
Sewell Limestone Quarry SP 996 224. South of NW113 but not connected to LNWR. |
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Rugby Portland Cement Co Ltd, Dunstable |
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Off NW113 |
Exchange Sidings off NW113Totternhoe Quarries SP 979 224. 1895-1965. Also narrow gauge internal system. Site previously operated by Totternhoe Lime & Stone Co Ltd. |
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Ridgmont Fletton Brick Co, Ridgmont |
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Off NW140 |
Sidings west side of NW140Lidlington Brickworks SP 967 378. Also narrow gauge internal. |
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Marston Valley Brick Co Ltd, Lidlington |
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Off NW140 |
Sidings west side of NW140Lidlington Brickworks SP 996 396. Also narrow gauge internal. |
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London Brick Co, Stewartby |
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Off NW140 |
Sidings both sides of NW140Stewartby Brickworks TL 016 426. Also narrow gauge internal. |
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London Brick Co, Kempston Hardwick |
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Off NW140 |
Connection eastward off NW140Kempston Hardwick Brickworks TL 027 448. 1928-1966. Also narrow gauge internal. |
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Bedford Corporation Public Works Department |
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Off NW140 |
Connection off NW140Goldington Depot TL 066 495. Connected at point that later became west end of Goldington Loop. Former railway bridge over the River Ouse remained as footpath and cycleway. |
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British Electricity Authority, Bedford |
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Off NW140 |
Connection off NW140Goldington Power Station TL 075 498. 1955-1980. Connected with Bedford Corporation line to form Goldington Loop. |
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Shell-Mex & B P Ltd, Potton |
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Off NW143 |
Connection off NW143Potton Depot TL 201 482. Aviation fuel depot during WWII. |
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