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Hi All, Bletchley/Bedford, anyone near me ?

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Old 9th July 2009, 22:00
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Hi All, Bletchley/Bedford, anyone near me ?

Hi all, i am hoping i find someone local to me who knows the layout of Bletchley and/or Bedford Railway stations.

There is special Steam Train coming up to my neck of the woods on saturday, i live in flitwick on the kings cross/st pancras main line this steam train was originally coming through my local station, but now they have changed the route, it is now going from euston to bletchley then along a branch line to bedford then up to the distant north.

So i am hoping to contact somone local who knows where i can go to SPOT this steam train, please.

another problem, my eldest daughter has gone on holiday with my camera and i have had to borrow an old camera (no zoom) with a colour film !, in it ,so i would like to get quite close to this steam engine to enable me to get a good picture or two.

can anyone advise please

tim


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Old 9th July 2009, 22:13
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Hello Tim and welcome to the Railway Forum. I'm in Bristol and have not been to Bletchley since I went to the GPO telephones school at Bletchley Park in the early 1980's.
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Old 9th July 2009, 22:19
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Hello Tim and welcome to the Railway Forum. I'm in Bristol and have not been to Bletchley since I went to the GPO telephones school at Bletchley Park in the early 1980's.
My mum used to work at bletchley park during the war, when i lived at woburn sands and was old enough to go out to work from 1961, i worked at wolverton carriage and wagon works, went to work behind a little steam engine !, even before 1960 i went out on my own to cambridge and oxford (on the train of course) spotting steam engines, those were the days, never been the same since eh.

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Hello Tim and welcome to the forum, I am sure someone will help you out on here, enjoy and all the best.
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Hi Tim, welcome to RF, hope you enjoy the site.

Bletchley Park has been a bit run down (criminally in my opinion) but I believe there are ambitious plans afoot.

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Old 10th July 2009, 14:35
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Hi Tim why not get down to where the old st johns was or bedford midland I am on that trip its due ito depart bedford at 7.43 due back around 21.18 funny enough my mate on the trip also used to work at wolverton c/w hope you get some good pics mate Paul
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Old 10th July 2009, 17:44
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Hi Tim why not get down to where the old st johns was or bedford midland I am on that trip its due ito depart bedford at 7.43 due back around 21.18 funny enough my mate on the trip also used to work at wolverton c/w hope you get some good pics mate Paul
thanks for that info pal, i shall see what i can do, does train still go on the same track that was there when st johns station was operating ?

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Hello Tim and welcome to the forum,
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Hi Tim. Welcome. Only been through, so I don't know it well. There are some knowledgeable blokes on this site.
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Old 10th July 2009, 21:02
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Hi Tim no only part of the line. there is a new st johns now just under the old bridge near the hospital looks like it could rain so get your brolly out mate Paul
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