Freight loops at Beckingham
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Freight loops at Beckingham
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 28 Sep 2014
The line is part of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways' joint line between March and Doncaster via Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln, providing relief capacity to the East Coast Main Line. Its use as such in the modern period has been recognised and significant investment is being made to improve signalling and capacity. These loops appear to have been installed during WW2 to enable slower freight trains to be passed, and this is clearly still considered important. The pointwork looks to have been recently renewed.
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Image Location
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Latitude
53.400184
Longitude
-0.820364