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30th October 1980

Vehicle: 56139   Set: 67

On the old GN & GE joint line from March to Spalding, which closed in 1982 this picture was taken from Murrow West signalbox - a relatively modern structure which replaced the original following an accident at the flat crossing here in 1950. Cravens twin dmu E56139 + E51262 (Norwich set number 67) approaches with the 11.18 Cambridge - Doncaster service on October 30th 1980. Gerard Fletcher.

30th October 1980

Vehicle: 50046   

The 10.26 Doncaster - Cambridge dmu service, one of three southbound passenger services still serving the joint line in 1980. The setting is Murrow West. This was at one time the site of a flat crossing with the M&GN Peterborough - Wisbech - Sutton Bridge line on which, until its closure in 1959, the hamlet of Murrow had the extravagant facilities of a further station named Murrow East. On 30th October 1980 motoring past are Lincoln based Class 114 Derby 'heavyweight' set E50046 + E56026 leading Norwich allocated Cravens Class 105 unit E56480 + E51261 (set 65). Gerard Fletcher.

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