Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom
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Nothing much to see but I had to visit as I lived only a couple of miles away in Linslade at the time. My Mum worked at the railway station and came home with tales of something big happening. Linslade was in Buckinghamshire then so the first hearings were in the tiny police Station in Linslade, which are flats now.
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The place where the great train robbery happened August 1963.
Its just a bridge, significant in British History of the 60's. Took my Grand daughters who are teenagers and had never heard of The Great Train Robbery! We were passing nearby. Its not worth going out of your way to see it.
First time visit. Very interesting
Not much to see. No markings to indicate this is where the Great train robbery took place in 1963. Just after 03:00 on 8 August, the driver, 58-year old Jack Mills from Crewe, stopped the train on the West Coast Main Line at a red signal light at Sears Crossing, Ledburn, between Leighton Buzzard and Cheddington. The signal had been tampered with by the robbers: they had covered the green light and connected a battery to power the red light. The locomotive's second crew member, known as the secondman or "fireman", was 26-year-old David Whitby, also from Crewe. As a signal stop was unexpected at this time and place, Whitby climbed down from the cab to call the signalman from a line-side telephone, only to find the cables had been cut. As he returned to the train he was overpowered by one of the robbers. Meanwhile, gang members entered the engine cabin from both sides, and as Mills grappled with one robber he was struck from behind by another with a cosh and rendered semi-conscious.
Nothing really to see only the bridge its self good if your interest is the great train robbery
Not even a plaque. Very disappointing, wouldn't recommend.
Historic site of the great train robbery
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