40 013 is slwoing for West Junction with the pickup freight from Peterborough. 1984-12-20 00:00:00 |
40 013 hits the curve at West Junction headed for Whitemoor. 1984-12-20 00:00:00 |
47 147 rounds West Curve with a Speedlink train bound for Scotland. 1985-01-07 00:00:00 |
47 585 is getting up speed on the northbound 'European', Parkeston Quay - Manchester. 1985-01-07 00:00:00 |
31 107 is working westwards with a rake of empty rail flats. 1985-02-06 00:00:00 |
37 102 arrives for Peterborough with a Class 9 freight for Whitemoor. 1985-02-06 00:00:00 |
37 110, which I 'cabbed' when it was brand new, on trial, passes under the footbridge with a westbound ballast train. 1985-05-05 00:00:00 |
25 206 passes West with a ballast train for the Up Yard. 1986-01-07 00:00:00 |
47 010 appraoches March West with a lightly loade freightliner. 1986-05-28 00:00:00 |
20 115 and 20 043 hit the adverse camber at West Junction on 7M86 Whitemoor - Warrington Arpley. 1986-08-08 00:00:00 |
31 290 and 31 284 approach the bridge with 6G31, a LWR special/ 1987-02-21 00:00:00 |
20 097/20 185 have 6M09 Colchester Hythe - Toton Old Bank on a misty spring morning. 1987-04-12 00:00:00 |
March West, a lovely little box, didn't have long left when I took this shot whilst March East's Outer Home lasted until recently, even though it didn't officially exist! Note Lilypond Bridge. 1987-05-26 00:00:00 |
31212 passes March West with 9X37, a track special for the Lynn line. 1987-08-21 00:00:00 |
Hanging on the back of 9X37 is brake DS56239, an old Southern Railway brakevan, Guard Ray Brooks on duty. There were a number of these around the Fens in the 80's on Departmental duties. 1987-08-21 00:00:00 |
31 439 slows 1E76 Birmingham - Norwich for its stop at March. 1988-05-07 00:00:00 |
31 456 is just getting underway again with 1M76 Norwich - Birmingham. 1988-05-07 00:00:00 |
37 893 comes out of the setting sun with 6R43 Kilnhurst - Ripple Lane bitumen tanks. 1988-05-07 00:00:00 |
They even converted some Class 105 Cravens to DPU's! Here 53361/53368, a 'power' twin hitches a ride behind a westbound Class 101. 1988-05-07 00:00:00 |
31 186 slowly approaches on 8L15 Croft - Bury composed of side-tipping Mermaid wagons. 1988-07-28 00:00:00 |
47 441 approaches West Junction with 1L93 for Yarmouth. 1988-08-13 00:00:00 |
31 442 is powering away on 5E45 for Peterborough after the slack through March Station. 1988-08-23 00:00:00 |
37 057 and 37 047 have 4M00, Felixstowe - Garston, well in hand as they leave March. 1988-08-23 00:00:00 |
47 373 hards 1L82 to Yarmouth under West footbridge. 1988-08-23 00:00:00 |
53368/53361 head east with a mail for Cambridge, passengers obviously an afterthought. 1988-08-23 00:00:00 |
31 275 is about to turn into the West Curve and March Depot with 37 055. 1988-09-22 00:00:00 |
31268 heads for Peterborough on this Saturday with an OHL wiring train, as the ECML wiring was then taking place. 1990-07-28 00:00:00 |
Converted Class 114 DPU 55930/54900 and single car 55992 head east from Cambridge. 1990-08-28 00:00:00 |
37 167 picks up speed on 6M09 Colchester Hythe - Toton housecoal empties after being laid by in the down loops. 1990-09-01 00:00:00 |
60 053 is hailing a hired-in rake of Yeoman stock on 6M12 Bishops Stortford - Croft. 1991-08-15 00:00:00 |
56 045 is heading back to Mountsorrel with this empty self-discharge train. 1991-08-30 00:00:00 |
56 049 in Rede Stripe livery is in charge of the Middleton Towers - Monk Bretton 6E84 sand train. 1992-10-26 00:00:00 |
60 071 has collected both halves of the Redland train and passes 56 057, on the Petfood train and waiting for the road. 1996-08-09 18:37:00 |
58 049 heads west, having dropped half of the Redland train in the Down Yard, makes what was then a very unusual sight - ex Works EWS livery. 1996-08-09 18:55:00 |
Here's a nice change on the Leeds - Felixstowe freightliner! Green livereid 47 114 has a full loaded rake for once. 1999-05-15 14:23:00 |
37 899 has a virtually empty train on 4L79 Doncaster - Parkeston Qauy. 1999-05-15 14:42:00 |
37 203 brings up the rear of this leaf buster headed east behind 37 114. 1999-12-04 10:15:00 |
60 087 heads for Ely with a very late running RMC stone from Peak Forest - I've rarely seen this train in daylight. 2000-02-22 10:23:00 |
58 043 is really going for it as it accelerates away from March Station on the northbound sand train. 2000-02-22 10:27:00 |
37 040 makes a nice picture in the winter sunlight on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely. 2000-02-22 10:55:00 |
58 009 must have a problem at this end as it has come from Peterborough to turn itself on the triangle. 2000-02-22 11:20:00 |
58 016 has charge of rake of westbound ECC stone empties, probably a late running Bishops Stortford - Croft. 2000-04-14 15:20:00 |
58 013 is on the Kennett/Barham - Peterborough Redland empties. Class 58, now in decline, were regulars on this lowly working. 2000-04-14 17:10:00 |
60 070, one of the grey locos with Load Haul logos, heads east with a Redland train for Trowse. 2000-04-17 10:16:00 |
58 031 heads up quite a long Kennett/Barham portion of the Redland train. 2000-04-17 10:40:00 |
37 668, one side faded and fresh from store, is on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely, already rare motive power for this train. 2000-04-17 11:00:00 |
Nice lump of clag issuing forth from 60 036 as it 'gets the peg' on the eastbound Redland. 2000-04-20 10:18:00 |
58 016 comes sweeping round the bend on the Middleton Towers - Monk Bretton sand. Peterborough Depot was home to any number of Class 58's at this time. 2000-04-20 10:31:00 |
Unusually, 60 010 is haulage for the Kennett/Barham portion of the Redland train. 2000-04-20 10:42:00 |
37 703 has a good load on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely. 2000-04-20 11:11:00 |
You weren't safe even in 2000! 66 088, 66 039 and 66 052 all head east together. 2000-04-25 10:14:00 |
Top of the Shop! 56 134 is on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely. 2000-04-25 10:40:00 |
60 017 is on 6L39 Mountsorrel - Trowse Redland stone. 2000-04-27 09:44:00 |
58 021 runs only 9 minutes behind 60 017 with an equally long rake for Kennett/Barham. 2000-04-27 09:53:00 |
58 047 is on the Middleton Towers - Monk Bretton sand train. 2000-04-27 10:26:00 |
56 060 has a relatively huge load on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely Enterprise. 2000-04-27 10:50:00 |
58 033 is returning from a possession at Manton Tunnel. 2000-05-08 16:44:00 |
60 008 heads for Peterborough with the empties from Trowse. Redland trains were now split/joined at Peterborough, not March. 2000-05-08 17:25:00 |
60 009 heads 6Z65 Croft - Bishops Stortford loaded stone hoppers. 2000-05-12 16:15:00 |
58 045 on this day ran an hour ahead of the main portion, just to prove me a liar! 2000-05-15 16:25:00 |
60 070 heads the Trowse - Peterborough Redland empties. This portion of the train always ran ahead of the Kennett/Barham portion. 2000-05-15 17:30:00 |
60 100 has charge of the 6E84 Middleton Towers - Monk Bretton sand. 2000-07-25 10:18:00 |
56 088 is on a phenomenally long 6L76 Doncaster - Ely Enterprise. 2000-07-25 10:37:00 |
As the 'Shed' invasion too place, so Class 56 became noteworthy as well. Here is 56 044 on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely, well loaded for once. 2000-08-18 11:31:00 |
66 224 has come to turn a tamper on the triangle, quite a common occurrence then 2000-08-18 11:37:00 |
66 026 pilots a failed 60 077 (nothing new there!) on the sand. 66 224 and tamper in background. 2000-08-18 11:47:00 |
58 030 puts on quite a show with 3 empty spoil wagons - what would it do with a loaded train! 2000-08-25 09:47:00 |
66 181 with the Redland self-discharge empties on a very crisp, sunny winter's day 2001-01-13 13:55:00 |
66 035 has a short rake of sleepers on the March Down Yard - Peterborough trip from the Grant Rail depot. 2001-07-24 09:15:00 |
56 046 in Dutch livery on on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely Enterprise. 2001-07-24 11:23:00 |
158 793 stopped by red flag at Norwood Road AHB due to mechanical problems. 2001-08-03 10:30:00 |
56 090 appraocjes the junction on 6L76 Doncaster - Ely. 2001-08-03 11:48:00 |
66 015 leads a rail wagon and 66 009 towards Peterborough after an all night possession. 2004-02-01 11:27:00 |
66 708 makes quite a nice shot in the dappled sunlight on the Fel,ixstowe - Hams Hall GBRf liner. 2004-02-19 09:50:00 |
66 056 rounds the bend from March Station on the down sand. The wagons have all been recently refurbished and traffic increased. 2004-02-19 10:42:00 |
66 214 is on the 6E57 Felixstowe - Healey Mills newsprint vans. This was the only freight booked over Lincolnshire Loop bit it runs via London now. 2004-04-14 15:25:00 |
60 075 appraoches at speed on 6M87 Ely - Peak Forest RMC empties. 2004-04-20 12:07:00 |
60 090, still in it's original coat of Coal Sector paint, heads east with 6L39 Mountsorrel - Trowse. 2004-04-20 12:49:00 |
60 065 is at the head of 6M12 Bishops Stortford - Croft stone empties. 2004-04-20 13:15:00 |
66 701 is nicely foreshortened in this shot as it heads for Whitemoor with a Redland S/D train. 2004-04-23 12:02:00 |
60 074 is Mainline Grey livery, is on 6M12 Bishops Stortford - Croft stone empties. 2004-04-23 12:35:00 |
60 026 leaves Whitemoor with a rake of sleeper empties for Peterborough. 2004-04-23 13:21:00 |
66 110 heads east with a Mounsorrel - Broxbourne LaFarge train, quite a frequent runner on a Saturday. 2005-01-22 09:41:00 |
66 089 has been round Ely West Curve to turn these tampers ready for engineering work. 2005-01-22 15:18:00 |
60 046 heads a rake of empty HGA wagons on the Kennett - Dowlow 2005-05-07 13:52:00 |
66 703 leaves Whitemoor eastbound on a rake of JNA's. This is the view of east curve with my lens on full 300mm extension. 2005-07-02 14:35:00 |
66 542 approaches on 4L85 Leeds - Ipswich Freightliner. 2005-07-02 14:58:00 |
60 001 takes the west curve into Whitemoor at March West, 60 023 leading. 2005-07-02 16:20:00 |
66 570 is well loaded on 4L85 Leeds - Ipswich. 2005-07-26 14:55:00 |
Fully loaded as usual, 66 711 hits the temporary slack with the Selby - Felixstowe Medite liner. 2005-07-26 17:00:00 |
66 149 nears journey's end on the Tallington - Whitemoor sleeper trip. 2005-07-26 17:15:00 |
66 125 heads east with 6L55 Wakefield - Felixstowe. 2005-07-26 17:45:00 |
66 570 roars through on the Felixstowe - York (SO) freightliner. 2005-11-22 14:23:00 |
66 106 has just left Whitemoor with empties for Tallington sleeper works. 2006-02-13 12:06:00 |
66008 slows the Tallington - Whitemoor sleeper train for the turn into Whitemoor. 2006-04-28 16:15:00 |
66 180 slips out Whitemoor, tailed by 66 105, with a ballast train bound for Stevenage. 2006-05-05 12:00:00 |
66 719 heads east with the Selby - Felixstowe Medite freightliner. 2006-05-10 16:50:00 |
66 719's Metronet livery is more clearly visible in this rearward view. 2006-05-10 16:51:00 |
66 532 catches the setting sun as it heads west with the Felixstowe - Doncaster freightliner. 2006-05-10 18:32:00 |
66 153 rounds the curve from March Station with the MWFO Middleton Towers - Goole sand. 2006-05-10 18:48:00 |
66 724 tops whilst 66 726 tails on this rake of 4 empty westbound container flats. 2007-04-06 09:52:00 |
66 726 trails 66 724 as they head west with short rake of container flats. 2007-04-06 09:53:00 |
66 020 slips quietly out Whitemoor with an easatbound ballast train. 2007-04-06 10:12:00 |
66 537 slows for the March Station slack with a diverted Ipswich-bound freightliner. 2007-04-06 10:23:00 |
66 230 is bound for Monk Bretton with 6E84 from Middleton Towers. 2007-05-01 10:48:00 |
66 707 hits the mianline with the daily Whitemoor - Mountsorrel VQ ballast empties. 2007-05-01 10:53:00 |
37 602 leads 37 607 on an eastbound NR test train. 2007-05-01 11:06:00 |
37 607 brings up the rear as the NR test train heads into March Station. 2007-05-01 11:18:00 |
66 098 appears to be emerging from virgin jungle as it returns to Tallington from Whitemoor. 2007-05-01 13:11:00 |
66 098 slinks across the poiints at March West as it heads for Tallington., 2007-05-01 13:13:00 |
60 095 slows for March West Junction with 6L40 Mountsorrel - Kennett/Barham LaFarge stone. 2007-05-01 13:21:00 |
66 725 passes March Station with 4E33 Felixstowe - Doncaster Railport. 2007-05-01 14:41:00 |
66 577 is not exactly crippled by the load of fresh air on 4L85 Leeds - Ipswich today! 2007-05-01 15:03:00 |
66 701 and 66 705 are not exactly struggling with this load for Whitemoor. 2007-05-01 16:10:00 |
It's not often possible to fit in a whole train on the West Curve but I've got both locos too! 2007-05-01 16:12:00 |
66 098 slows for the tight turn into Whitemoor with the sleeper train from Tallington 2007-05-01 16:26:00 |
66 718 has a full load as usual on 6L78 Selby - Felixstowe. 2007-05-01 16:50:00 |
66 105 and 66 180 slow for Whitemoor, engineer's train to collect. 2007-05-05 10:35:00 |
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