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'March Railways 2014'
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70013 Oliver Cromwell at March on 16th October 2014
70013 Oliver Cromwell at March on the 16th of Ocotober 2014 along side the South Junc signal box
British Railways Britannia Class 7MT 4-6-2 steam locomotive no 70013 Oliver Cromwell was on a Cathedrals Express from Newbury to Ely on Thursday 16th of October 2014. The passengers had got off the train at Ely railway station, and then the locomotive and the empty coaching stock (ECS) had come to March. The locomotive and surpport coach were turned on the Whitemoor triangle, be for returning to Ely to pick up the passengers.
Colas Rail class 70805 at March station on the 16th October 2014
Class 66037 coming out of March South Yard on the 16th of October 2014
Greater Anglia class 170 207 into March Station from Peterborough in 2014
A4 60009 Union of South Africa at March on the Christmas White Rose
A4 60009 Union of South Africa at March on the "Christmas White Rose" with a York Yule-Tide Express head board on the Thursday 18th of December 2014 coming out of the South Yard and into the station. It was booked into the station at 8:52am.
A4 60009 Union of South Africa at March on the "Christmas White Rose" into March station in 2014
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
