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A three car Birmingham RCW dmu leaves March with the 1026 Ipswich to Peterborough on 28th July 1979.
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A three car Birmingham RCW dmu leaves March with the 1026 Ipswich to Peterborough on 28th July 1979.

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  • With a backdrop of the flat Cambridgeshire fens 31239 passes the signal box at Manea with the 1240 Parkeston Quay to Peterborough on 18th May 1979.
  • Manea Signal Box. 19th May 1979
  • Chettisham Signal Box 1978. Photo with kind permission of Ian Dinmore <a href="http://www.railarchive.org.uk">http://www.railarchive.org.uk</a>
  • The excess light getting into the lens, creates a rather ghostly atmosphere in this early winters evening view of March circa 1979. Looks like the trolleys are out on the platform ready for the next parcels.
  • East Coast Main Line diversion on 23rd September 1979. 254006 is about to pass March West Junction box heading south. Norwood Road gates can be seen in the distance.
  • 31259 heads across a flat fen landscape with the 1236 Birmingham New Street to Norwich, East of Manea. The station signals can just be made out in the background. Image dated 19th May 1979.
  • A three car Birmingham RCW dmu leaves March with the 1026 Ipswich to Peterborough on 28th July 1979.
  • 31164 passes the redundant March North Junction signal box with an unknown working on 28th July 1979. Looks like it might be a a rail tour.
  • 25121/25123 pass Horsemoor box with the 0832 Derby to Yarmouth on 21st June 1980.
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