Peterborough East to Cambridge stopping train leaving March

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Peterborough East to Cambridge stopping train leaving March

Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 16 Aug 1958

View westward, towards Peterborough and - to right beyond the station - northward to Whitemoor Yard, Spalding/Lincoln/Doncaster/Boston/Grimsby etc. March was an immensely busy junction of important main lines, especially for freight to/from Whitemoor. The train, headed for Cambridge via Ely, has D16/3 'Super Claud' 4-4-0 No. 62530.

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Image Location

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52.559978
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0.092426