March South Yard in August 2009

Railways around Peterborough & The National Rail Network & Heritage railways in the UK

Class 60011 comes out the loops at March South Yard on 20th August 2009 past a fine signal

Cross Country 170519 comes into March south yard on the 20th August 2009

East Midland Trains class 158 777 be for it was repainted from its Transpennine liverly. It has just had East Midlands Trains logo put on the side. The 158 was on a train to Norwich via Ely

East Midland Trains class 158863 this 158 was in the Alphaline liverery but with there name added. East Midland Trains got this 158 from Wessex Trains when they started there frachise. It took some time for EMT to repaint all its units into their own colours as they had very few spare units.

Tangmere on the Tuesday 8th of December 2009 in the south yard at March

Battle of Britain 34607 Tangmere was on "The Catherals Express Carole Concert Special" from London Waterloo station to Ely. It had come to March south yard with the ECS to turn and water and coal the locomotive.

It was dark when it left to take the ECS train back to Ely and pick up its passengers, for the return leg to London. I did not get a photo of it leaving 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