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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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Rings End Viaduct  23rd August 2005.  Photo with kind permission of Peter Heath
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Rings End Viaduct 23rd August 2005. Photo with kind permission of Peter Heath

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  • Grassmore Junction, now the site of Whitemoor Prison. <br />
Image with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
  • Twenty Feet River looking back towards Whitemoor Yard.  September 1982
  • Twenty Feet River Signal Box. September 1982
  • 40151 passes Twenty Feet River signal box with the 0915 Yarmouth to Newcastle on 19th May 1979.
  • 37121 is signalled off the main line at Twenty Feet River with a mixed fitted freight. 19th May 1979.
  • Twenty Feet River facing north, just before track removal.<br />
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Photo with kind permission of Mark Brammer
  • Twenty Feet River signal box interior, after closure. Image with kind permission of Norman Pannell
  • Rings End Viaduct  23rd August 2005.  Photo with kind permission of Peter Heath
  • 47072 crosses Rings End viaduct at Guyhirn with empty coaching stock from the Spalding Flower Festival.  Oxford to Spalding. 10th May 1980
  • Rings End Viaduct at Guyhirn, probably around 1900-1920
  • Removing the bridge over the A141 road at Rings End, Guyhirn.<br />
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Image with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
  • Gull Grove, Guyhirn.<br />
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Image with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
  • Gull Drove Crossing with a Cambridge to Doncaster working approaching.<br />
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Photo with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
  • Cants Drove Crossing, South of Murrow.<br />
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Image with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
  • Cants Drove Crossing, south of Murrow. Preparatory work for track removal in progress.  In contrast to the previous shot the crossing keepers house is now boarded up.<br />
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Image with kind permission of Mark Brammer.
  • 37054 approaching Murrow with a Middleton Towers sand working. 10th May 1980.
  • Murrow.
  • Murrow West Signal Box. September 1982
  • Murrow West Signal Box.
  • Murrow West Signal Box. Now a private residence.  15th April 2005. Photo with kind permission of Peter Heath.
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