2. Railways

March/Peterborough to Spalding

The March to Spalding line closed on 27th November 1982. It was always an interesting line for the enthusiast especially on Summer Saturdays with hauled trains from the Midlands to/from Great Yarmouth and during the Spalding Flower Festival. Here are a few shots of the line in it's final years.

"Memories of the Spalding to March line" A video of the line from 1982, just prior to closure, by John Honner, produced by Roy Harrison.
https://youtu.be/hsxmEO6xAcw

"Rediscovering the March to Spalding Line" A survey of the line in 2018, thirty six years after closure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRaRhdrkmQc
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08889 shunts ballast wagons at March Whitemoor Junction. The Wisbech branch is the single track line straight ahead. 28th July 1979
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08889 shunts ballast wagons at March Whitemoor Junction. The Wisbech branch is the single track line straight ahead. 28th July 1979

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  • 37084 heads onto the Spalding line at March East Junction with cement wagons. 17th August 1978.
  • Under cloudy skies 31325 takes the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint line at March East Junction with the 0920 Yarmouth to Newcastle Summer Saturdays only working. 1st August 1981
  • 31 meets 31. 31173 stands at platform 1 at March with the 0919 Manchester Piccadilly to Yarmouth and is about to be passed by 31236 on the Rockware Glass, Middleton Towers to Doncaster sand train. 28th July 1979.
  • A two car Cravens unit stands in the Spalding platform at March with a special. Wisbech to Cambridge. Wisbech and March Rail Action Committee. 23rd September 1978.
  • 25270/25056 stand at the now abandoned platform 1 at March with the 0835 Derby to Yarmouth. ist August 1981.
  • 37090 arrives at March with the 0910 Leeds to Yarmouth on 28th July 1979.
  • 37007 passes March on a wet 8th July 1980 with the 1425 Parkeston to Bathgate cartics.
  • The 1128 Cambridge to Doncaster loads passengers at March on 28th July 1979.
  • Abandoned Spalding line platforms at March. 14th April 2005. Photo with kind permission of Peter Heath.
  • Spalding platforms at March. 15th April 2005. Photo with kind permission of Peter Heath.
  • 40074 on No 2 engine spur approaching Whitemoor Yard, seen in the distance. 21st June 1980
  • Interesting line up of motive power having a Saturday afternoon break at Hundred Road, March MPD. From Left to right 31204, 40124, 47457, 37023 and Derby unit E51161 ready for the scrapyard. 23rd September 1979.
  • Whitemoor Yard
  • A Swindon cross country unit was recorded leaving March on a Cambridge to Doncaster working and is about to pass under Norwood Road bridge. C 1977.
  • 08889 shunts ballast wagons at March Whitemoor Junction. The Wisbech branch is the single track line straight ahead. 28th July 1979
  • 25110/25141 pass Whitemoor Junction box with the 0832 Derby to Yarmouth on 28th July 1979. Viewed from Norwood Road bridge.
  • March Whitemoor Junction 1978. Video of Whitemoor Yard in 1963 <a href="http://youtu.be/7bCdA-gQ2mU">http://youtu.be/7bCdA-gQ2mU</a>
  • Whitemoor Junction Signal Box.<br /> <br /> Image with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
  • View from Norwood Road bridge on 15th April 2005 with the line to Wisbech straight ahead. The picture makes a stark comparison with the previous two.Photo with kind permission of Peter Heath.
  • Grasmoor Junction Signal Box, within Whitemoor Yard.<br /> <br /> Image with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
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