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March in 2021
Duchess of Sutherland no.6223 on The Worcester Christmas Fayre from Norwich to Worcester Shrub Hill at March station at 9:19am on very cold 2nd of December morning.
After all the lock downs and no Christmas steam trains last year because of lock down, it was nice to steam back even though it very cold.
Duchess of Sutherland no.6223 on The Worcester Christmas Fayre from Norwich to Worcester Shrub Hill about toleave for Peterborough after picking up passengers at March station on this 2nd of December morning.
13th September 2021
GBRf class 66710 at March station on the 13th September 2021
GBRf class 66718 at March station on railhead treatment coming out from Whitemoor yard on the 21st September 2021
GBRf class 66721 at March station on rear of the railhead treatment above that was coming out from Whitemoor yard on the 21st September 2021
March
March railway station is in the town of March which is in the county of Cambridgeshire in eastern England. The station is 14 miles from Peterborough on the railway line to Ely.
March is in the flat fens, were farming was the main industry till the railway came. The GER railway line ran from
Ely to
March and then to Peterborough is still open.
There was also a line from St Ives and one to Spalding by the now closed GN&GEJR . There was also a line from Wisbech (the track of which is still in place from March to Wisbech but is not joined to the main network. (This lines may well be come a heritage line or even re-open)
At Whitemoor one of Europe biggest freight marshalling yards was built at March. When this had all but closed, a new
NetworkRail Distribution Centre was built on the southern part of the site of of The Old Whitemoor Yard. This was opened in 2004. Whitemoor Prison had been built on the northern part of what was once one of Europe biggest marshalling yards
Page updated 3/12/2021
