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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  • Postland. September 1982
  • Twenty Feet River Signal Box. September 1982
  • Murrow West Signal Box.
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  • 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.
  • 40168 about to take the March curve out of Spalding with a Newcastle to Yarmouth working. 16th August 1980
  • Unknown Class 40 approaches Spalding from March. 16th August 1980
  • 37088 rounds the curve into Spalding from the March direction. The bridge abutments in the background are the former M and GN Spalding avoiding line (Bridge number 207) Welland Bank Junction to Cuckoo Junction. Image dated 16th August 1980
  • 47072 crosses Rings End viaduct at Guyhirn with empty coaching stock from the Spalding Flower Festival. Oxford to Spalding. 10th May 1980
  • 25110/25141 pass Whitemoor Junction box with the 0832 Derby to Yarmouth on 28th July 1979. Viewed from Norwood Road bridge.
  • 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.
  • 40146 approaches Spalding amongst a fine array of semaphores on a Newcastle to Yarmouth summer Saturdays only working. 16th August 1980. The original line to Boston was straight ahead.
  • 40168 passes the now abandoned platform 3 at Spalding with the 0915 summer saturdays only Yarmouth to Newcastle. 16th August 1980.
  • March Whitemoor Junction 1978. Video of Whitemoor Yard in 1963 <a href="http://youtu.be/7bCdA-gQ2mU">http://youtu.be/7bCdA-gQ2mU</a>
  • 37084 heads onto the Spalding line at March East Junction with cement wagons. 17th August 1978.
  • 40086 passes Spalding with a freight off the March line. 7th May 1980
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  • 31270 takes the March curve out of Spalding with a summer Saturdays only working to Yarmouth on 31st May 1981.
  • The 1238 Doncaster to Cambridge is about to take the March line out of Spalding on 30th May 1981.
  • Spalding facing North on 6th June 1979. A two car Cravens unit is leaving, forming the 1310 to Peterborough.
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