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Holme
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'Holme Lode'
crossing 2007
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Holme Lode in 2007
National Express East Coast HST up train at Holme Lode on the 15th December 2007
South West trains class 159 on the down line at Holme Lode at Holme fen on the ECML on on 15th December 2007
These class 159s were class 158s be for they were modified at Rosyth Dockyard
Class 66074 in the low winter sun on the up line at Holme fen on the ECML on on 15th December 2007
Class 66114 in the low winter sun on the down line at Holme fen on the ECML on on 15th December 2007
GBRf class 66702 'Blue Lighting' at Holme 11th December 2007
Railways at Holme
Holme is a small village next to the ECML between Peterborough and Huntingdon and it is spelt with a L. Holme village is in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire.
Holme had its own railway station and a branch line to Ramsey. Both the station and the branch line are now closed. Yaxley village and Peterborough are to the north and Connington crossing is to the south (about a mile from the village).
The land in fens around Holme is black fen peat and is some of the lowest and best farming land in England. The track was laid on reed and wooden rafts and has not sunk like the land around.
The ECML is now on a embankment. It was level with the land when it was built. They may have kept adding soil and or ballast to kept the track level over the years.
The level crossing in the Holme village has a gate box that was a replacement when the old signal boxe went. Holme vilage is to on the west of this crossing.
Conington Airfield or as it is now called Peterborough Business Airport is between Holme vilage and Conington.
To the south of Holme village is a level crossing at Conington. Most mainline steam heading north stop on the down slow between Holme and Conington crossings to top up with water from a water tanker, as there are now no water cranes now on the ECML
To the north is a level crossing at Holme fen which is about a 3/4 of a mile north towards Peterborough and is on a very minor road
National Express East Coast DVT at Holme Lode on the 15th December 2007
Signal boxes that were along this part of the ECML
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