40099 on the Up Main at March South heading the Whitemoor ~ Norwich Speedlink service. At this time, the siding to Cawoods is still in situ on the right, but today it’s all one big housing estate, as are the green fields on the left.
In 1981, the only daytime freight to use the doomed March to Spalding line after 06.00 on Saturdays was the 11.30 Middleton Towers to Doncaster sand. Making a wonderful sound and visible exhaust 37054 leaves the remnants of Whitemoor Yard behind in this picture taken from the window of Twenty Feet River signalbox on Saturday 9th May 1981. 54 spent a total of 15 years allocated to March depot, in two separate spells. Firstly from May 1968 until March 1974 when it left for a brief period…
A Class 47 diesel locomotive photographed near March station. #trains #railways #railroads #traintravel #railtravel #transport #freight #locomotive #diesellocomotive #englishtrains #britishtrains
