08 526, Whitemoor travelling pilot, crosses Station Road LC em route to Whitemoor - date a complete guess.
1980-11-30 00:00:00
31239 stops in Platform 6 on a Norwich - Birmingham train - I hardly recognise the place!
1981-06-13 00:00:00
47 005 brings a Joint Line paasenger train into Plarform 1. I don't know which it as but it was taken early in the day
1981-06-13 00:00:00
47 107 is leaving for Harwich with an early morning ferry freight through Platfrom 1.
1981-06-13 00:00:00
31 177 has come of depot and passing through what was then Platform 1, which still open for Joint Lin e traffic - date a guess but obviously pre-84
1982-12-30 00:00:00
45 013 is weekend Norwich - Birmingham standby loco. This was usually a Class 45 as they could travel in either direction with no problems of crew compatibility.
1984-12-11 00:00:00
31 198 draws into the station on a Birmingham - Norwich train - I bet it's bloody cold in there today - no heat!
1984-12-18 00:00:00
08 539, travelling pilot, brings in a rake of Seacows from the Down Yard.
1985-01-07 00:00:00
20 190/20 153 leave the down loop with 8M06 Kings Lynn - Derby St. Marys.
1985-01-07 00:00:00
31 108 heads east with an engineer's train - I bet it's lovely in the brake on a day like this!
1985-01-07 00:00:00
37 065 works an eastbound freightliner into the station, stopping for crew relief.
1985-01-07 00:00:00
47 580 pilots failed 31 442 on a Norwich - Birmingham train.
1985-01-07 00:00:00
47 580 waits to take the failed 31 442 and its train onto Birmingham.
1985-01-07 00:00:00
31 418 draws into the station on a Birmingham - Norwich train.
1985-01-08 00:00:00
37 134 waits for the road on the up Bury, 6Y94.
1985-01-09 00:00:00
31 188 rattles through the station with a down engineer's train.
1985-01-18 00:00:00
45 069 brings the Breakdown Crane out from the Depot, headed for Cambridge.
1985-01-27 00:00:00
37 098 is headed for Kings Lynn with the NTV's from Derby St. Marys.
1985-02-06 00:00:00
37 250 heads west with a rake of LWR bolster wagons.
1985-02-10 00:00:00
37 116 heads for Lynn with a very light load.
1985-03-22 00:00:00
37 059 swings towards Whitemoor with 6S96 Parkeston Quay - Mossend (eventually).
1985-05-09 00:00:00
31 464 heads for Peterborough through a station I only vaguely recognise! Note the wagons in the bay platform behind the loco - car park now!
1985-05-21 00:00:00
45 036 has just taken the Whitemoor road with 6H90 Norwich - Whitemoor.
1985-05-24 00:00:00
45 046 waits for the road with a short freight for Mayer Newman at Snailwell.
1985-05-26 00:00:00
56 060 rolls into March with 6E23 Mountsorrel - March to go into the up loop and split.
1985-05-30 00:00:00
47 593 prepares to stop on the down 'European' - an Eastfiled 47 was nothing unusual on this train!
1985-06-02 00:00:00
Beautifully restored Class 105 53359.54122 stops on a Cambridge - Peterborough local.
1985-06-03 00:00:00
31 407 and 31 445 have a good load behind them as they stop in March Station.
1985-06-12 00:00:00
37 199 brings the 5E45 parcels intpo the station as a 31 departs for Norwich.
1985-07-04 00:00:00
45 051 swings 6H90 Norwich - Whitemoor onto the old Joint line.
1985-07-05 00:00:00
31 427 comes off depot with the breakdown crane and support vehicles.
1985-07-23 00:00:00
45 040 has just taken the road for Whitemoor with 6H90 from Norwich.
1985-07-23 00:00:00
45 139, a rarity at that time, is at the head of 6P89 Whitemoor - Norwich.
1985-07-25 00:00:00
31 108 has just left the down loop and is westbound with mineral empties.
1985-07-29 00:00:00
This tank wagon looks a bit the worse for wear as 31 223 takes in into Whitemoor.
1985-07-29 00:00:00
47 033 and 31 272 rattle past on a down parcels train.
1985-07-29 00:00:00
47 425 waits for the road with an engineer's train.
1985-07-31 00:00:00
31 183 runs into the station with 5H53 Peterborough - Cambridge parcels plus a few DMU's by the look of it.
1985-08-01 00:00:00
37 004 and 37 034 have just come off depot and are heading east.
1985-08-01 00:00:00
Economical use of motive power! 45 019 and 31152 take their single BIS PAA cripple into Whitemoor.
1985-08-01 00:00:00
25 276 and 45 019 have just come off March Depot and are proceeding to the east.
1985-08-03 00:00:00
31 412 and 31 110 are stopping on 1H08 Peterborough - Cambridge.
1985-08-03 00:00:00
31 412, famous for its 'Stratford' roof, heads a very long freight into Whitemoor.
1985-08-08 00:00:00
37 148 brings 6E16 Whitemoor - Parkeston Quay through the station as 37 144 goes on depot.
1985-08-08 00:00:00
45 034 is heading east with 6P89 for Norwich.
1985-08-08 00:00:00
31 229 heads a very long 9H77 Chesterton Junction - Whitemoor departmental train.
1985-08-21 00:00:00
31 259 waits for the road on the 5H76 Peterborough - Cambridge parcels.
1985-08-21 00:00:00
47 614 has stopped with the Blackppol - Cambridge, a train which ran for several years.
1985-08-21 00:00:00
It's hard to believe that they used to run these Class 120 units on the Norwich - Birmingham trains, one of which is stopping made up of 53703/59300.53665.
1985-08-21 00:00:00
I loved riding in the 120's - the seats were so soft and comfy! Here 53705/59127/53650 passes March East on an up train.
1985-08-21 00:00:00
31 427 and 31 413 pull into the station with 1H08 Cambridge - Peterborough.
1985-08-29 00:00:00
37 193 waits for the road with 6E86 Mossend - Parkeston Quay.
1985-09-09 00:00:00
20 019 and 20 056 head for Derby St. Marys with 8M06 from Kings Lynn.
1985-11-01 00:00:00
31 142 has just got the road on this long up departmental train.
1985-11-21 00:00:00
31 190 has a long rake of empty flkat wagons as it heads east through the station.
1985-11-21 00:00:00
Xmas Eve finds 20037 and 20 160 on 8M06 Kings Lynn - Derby St. Marys.
1985-12-24 00:00:00
08 713 takes a rake of stock from Whitemoor to the station yard.
1986-01-07 00:00:00
08 865 takes the Breakdown Vehicles from the Down Yard to the depot.
1986-01-07 00:00:00
45 044 heads for depot, running as 0H94 light from Bury.
1986-01-07 00:00:00
I'd been trying to get this shot for years - you needed the right length train with low wagons - 47 323 is on 9H76 Cambridge - Whitemoor.
1986-01-07 00:00:00
25 059 forges through the mist with 6H94 Bury - Whitemoor.
1986-02-18 00:00:00
478 118 draws 6E83 Middleton Towers - Monk Bretton out of the Down Loop. There were two sand trains a day at this time.
1986-02-18 00:00:00
56 083 is about to disappear under the footbridge on 6E23 Mountsorrel - March.
1986-02-18 00:00:00
31 178 is presumably taking these coaches to Works.
1986-02-19 00:00:00
45 070 leaves the Down Loop with a rake of tank wagons.
1986-02-19 00:00:00
45 006 leaves the down loop with a train of sleepers on very grotty day.
1986-02-20 00:00:00
31 135 rolls through the station with a railcrane. This is a WR loco.
1986-02-20 00:00:00
I'd been trying to master this shot through the footbridge for some time as 45036 heads 6H94 from Bury into Whitemoor.
1986-02-20 00:00:00
25 192 goes through the station to the depot, 0H94, light from Bury.
1986-02-21 00:00:00
45 146 heads a rake of ballast wagons eastbound through the station. This loco was later to spend some time dumped here.
1986-02-21 00:00:00
25 209 cdomes off depot to collect a train from the Down Yard.
1986-03-27 00:00:00
25209 has collected an engineer's train from the Down Yard.
1986-03-27 00:00:00
37 219 drifts slowly down the mainline on 6D42 Parkeston Quay p Wrenthorpe import cars.
1986-05-08 00:00:00
43 069, tailed by 43 043, are stopping to drop the pilotman on a Sunday ECML diversion.
1986-05-11 00:00:00
43 095 leading 43 080 slowly approaches March Station to collect its pilotman.
1986-05-11 00:00:00
150 139 heads for Cambridge with a local from Peterborough.
1986-05-24 00:00:00
51218/54399, Cambridge Set 05, leave for Peterborough with a local.
1986-05-24 00:00:00
Class 114 53030.54011 probably on a Cambridge - Doncaster local, give us a nice shot of March West Signalbox.
1986-05-24 00:00:00
37 011, in full Scottish Regalia, heads a rake of HTV's through the station, probably the Derby St. Marys - Kings Lynn.
1986-05-28 00:00:00
31 414 and 31 429 slow to stop at March on a Norwich - Birmingham train.
1986-05-29 00:00:00
Old NOV newpaper vans 041869 and 041870 were sued as S&T stores, I think, and ast here at the back of March Station for many years.
1986-06-04 00:00:00
Chipman's weedkiller train over-weekended at March in the engineer's yard. The wagon at this end looks like an SR GUV.
1986-06-04 00:00:00
Chipman's weedkiller train from the business end in March engineer's yard behind the station.
1986-06-04 00:00:00
CWT99009 look as though it may once have been part of an SR emu although all of the cab end looks new.
1986-06-04 00:00:00
45 103 crosses Station Road LC as it heads for March Depot.
1986-06-14 00:00:00
47 015 draws 6E86 Mossend - Parkeston round East Curve on sunny Saturday morning. Note the track is still double and the semaphores are in place.
1986-06-14 00:00:00
47 117 swings into the station on 1P98 (SO) Newcastle - Yarmouth. This train often loaded to 12 bogies.
1986-06-14 00:00:00
1E57 (SO) Nuneaton - Norwich enters March station. The train often had a Stop Order for March as some of the units had no toilets. That's long way to travel in vibrator with your legs crossed!
1986-06-14 00:00:00
47 337 'Herbert Austin' on 1L17 Yarmouth - Leeds.
1986-06-14 12:16:00
47 156 exits the down Loop with a train of recovered rail sections.
1986-07-08 00:00:00
'Skinhead' 31 102 and 31 199 are unusual power for the strengthened 1M67 Norwich - Birmingham.
1986-08-09 00:00:00
31 290 rounds East Curve with an up ballast train.
1986-08-09 00:00:00
31 171 and 31 229 run over Station Road crossing and into the station with 6E84, Kings Lynn - Knottingley sand.
1986-08-12 00:00:00
45 138 runs to depot light engine - this was my last 'Peak' cop!
1986-08-12 00:00:00
56 047 swings through the station with 6E23 for the Up Loop and splitting.
1986-08-12 00:00:00
The test coach 'Mentor' looks as though it's been driven under a low bridge
1986-08-22 00:00:00
20 060 and 20 049 are stopped for the road with the test coach 'Mentor'.
1986-08-22 00:00:00
25 059 passes East Box with 6H94 Bury - Whitemoor.
1986-08-22 00:00:00
45 150 heads east with the morning 6P89 Whitemoor - Norwich.
1986-08-26 00:00:00
Later the same day, 45 150 returns with 6H90 for Whitemoor.
1986-08-26 00:00:00
45 041 takes a rake of stone hoppers into the Up Loop.
1986-08-29 00:00:00
43 195, heading an Up ECML diversion, passes a sister on a Down working in the station - not as fortuitous as it seems for they stopped here to change pilotmen.
1986-09-28 00:00:00
47 465 storms through March with a diverted ECML sleeper train.
1986-09-28 00:00:00
20 197 and 20 151draw a rake of stone hoppers out of the Down Loop - I think they're RMC stone hoppers but I'm not sure.
1986-10-27 00:00:00
25 037 heads into Whitemoor with the usual huge load on 6H94 from Bury.
1986-10-27 00:00:00
2 days later and 20 302 and 20 308 are on the same train. These are not the DRS locos. 20 0302 was ex 20 059 and 20 308 was 20 196, both renumbered 4/86, reason forgotten.
1986-10-29 00:00:00
37 092 and 31 457 would seem to be ample power for 9H76 Chesterton Junction - Peterborough.
1986-10-29 00:00:00
31 164 and 31 166 seem to have an exceptionally long 6E84 Down Sand as they leave the Down Loop.
1986-10-31 00:00:00
31 322 leaves the Down Loop with a train of new track sections and DS55513.
1986-10-31 00:00:00
45 070 leaves the Down Loop with 6M06 Kings Lynn - Derby St. Marys empty HTV's.
1986-11-04 00:00:00
37 048 heads for Whitemoor with 9H76 Chesterton - Peterborough, obviously an intermediate stop being necessary.
1986-12-04 00:00:00
45 013 runs tthrough the station with a train of recovered track sections.
1986-12-04 00:00:00
South Yorkshire Metro liveried Class 114 DMU 53045/54004 are on Cambridge - Doncaster via Spalding train.
1986-12-04 00:00:00
20 177 and 20 188 run through March Station light engine, probably 0E07 to Thoresby.
1986-12-22 00:00:00
47 631 slows the dolwn 'European' for its March stop in pouring rain.
1986-12-22 00:00:00
'Heavyweight' 37 693 runs out of the station towards the depot.
1986-12-23 00:00:00
47 215 rounds the bend from Whitemoor with 6P89 to Norwich,made up of Polybulk grain hoppers.
1986-12-23 00:00:00
47 444 is unusual power for 6H84 Whitemoor - Kings Lynn.
1986-12-23 00:00:00
'Cambridge Set 30', Class 105 DMU 53359/54122, very nicely restored, is on a Cambridge - Peterborough train.
1986-12-24 00:00:00
47 281 tows snow covered 37 144 and 31 108 towards to March Depot.
1987-01-15 00:00:00
