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''March 10th of October 2015''
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LNER B1 no 61306 Mayflower
B1 Mayflower comes out of March South Yard on the 10th of October 2015 with just its surport coach.
LNER B1 Class 4-6-0 no 61306 had been on a 'CATHEDRALS EXPRESS' from Warminster to Ely. The passengers got off at Ely and the coachs put in a siding at Ely and just the loco and surport coach came to March to turn water and coal.
The B1 then returned to Ely for the return trip from Ely to Southall were the B1 came off and a diesel took over to Warminster
B1 Mayflower comes out of Whitemore Yard on the 10th of October 2015 with just its surport coach ready to return to to Ely.
GBRf Class 66719 light engie in March station on the 10th of October in 2015
March
March railway station is in the town of March which is in the county of Cambridgeshire in eastern England. The station is 14 miles from Peterborough on the railway line to Ely.
March is in the flat fens, were farming was the main industry till the railway came. The GER railway line ran from
Ely to
March and then to Peterborough is still open.
There was also a line from St Ives and one to Spalding by the now closed GN&GEJR . There was also a line from Wisbech (the track of which is still in place from March to Wisbech but is not joined to the main network. (This lines may well be come a heritage line or even re-open)
At Whitemoor one of Europe biggest freight marshalling yards was built at March. When this had all but closed, a new
NetworkRail Distribution Centre was built on the southern part of the site of of The Old Whitemoor Yard. This was opened in 2004. Whitemoor Prison had been built on the northern part of what was once one of Europe biggest marshalling yards
Page updated 8/5/2019
