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Coal Wagon recorded at Ely. 17th August 1980.
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Coal Wagon recorded at Ely. 17th August 1980.

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  • Ely facing the up direction towards Cambridge. 13th July 1978.
  • The 1515 Manchester Piccadilly to Harwich Parkeston Quay arrives at Ely behind 47160 on 13th July 1978.
  • Coal Wagon recorded at Ely. 17th August 1980.
  • The bridge over the River Cam near Chesterton Junction. Is that a ghostly figure to the left or part of the fencing?
  • The Spalding Flower Festival often brought some interesting motive power to the area. Here 33053 is on a return Merrymaker to Brighton, approaching Ely North Box on 12th May 1979.
  • 03081 and 03017 rest at Kings Lynn. 17th May 1980.
  • Milton crossing 17th March 2010
  • Milton Crossing.
  • An unknown class 47 passes Waterbeach Signal Box. December 1980.
  • An unknown Class 47 rushes south at Waterbeach with a KIngs Lynn to Liverpool Street working in August 1981.
  • 47583 (County Of Essex) heads South at Milton Crossing between Waterbeach and Cambridge. August 1981.
  • A scene now a distant memory. 37035 races past Chesterton Junction Signal Box with the 0836 Liverpool Street to Kings Lynn on 7th May 1979. The line to St Ives is in the foreground. The tarmac track used to lead to two railway cottages located in the apex of the junction.which were long gone when the photo was taken. The area to the right is now residential.
  • Waterbeach on 5th June 1978 showing the now demolished station house.
  • A standard B.R. 3 position block repeater instrument.With the demise of so many manual signal boxes and crossing gates these are now getting fairly rare in this area. This example was recorded at Milton crossing in the section between Chesterton Junction and Waterbeach boxes on 5th June 1978. In this scenario a train is between Coldham Lane signal box, Cambridge and Chesterton Junction. Probably just enough time for the crossing keeper to quickly let a vehicle over the crossing.
  • Chesterton Junction permanent way depot on 27th October 1978 with 08052 on shunting operations. This area is to be the site for a new station "Cambridge North"The line to St Ives is to the left. The route of the Fen Drayton sand train can be clearly seen.
  • Magdalen Road now known as Watlington. This the former Junction station for the line to Wisbech East. 16th August 1978. <br /> <br /> Time line:-<br /> Station opened as Watlington on 27th October 1846<br /> Renamed Magdalen Road 1st June 1875<br /> Station closed on 9th September 1968<br /> Re opened 5th May 1975<br /> Renamed Watlington 3rd October 1989.
  • Ely North Junction Signal Box from a passing dmu. August 1981.
  • A Class 105 Cravens two car unit on a Cambridge to Doncaster working passes the footbridge on Stourbridge Common Cambridge in September 1982. On the skyline are the gasometer and pumping station chimney off Newmarket Road.
  • The Winter of 1981/1982 produced heavy snow falls. 37092 heads across the Fens between Cambridge and Waterbeach on a Liverpool Street to Kings Lynn working in February 1982. Milton Crossing house can be seen in the distance.
  • East Coast Main Line diversion at Waterbeach. November 1982
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