47 141 March
The March to Spalding section of the former GN & GE joint line which closed in 1982 is widely acknowledged as being a short sighted candidate for closure. Congestion caused by freight traffic having to use the ECML at Peterborough illustrates this and rumours of a possible reopening have abounded for years now. In the days when the alternative route was still well used, with March North box in the background, 47141 heads north with a train of tankers running in the path of 6G55 14.10 Royston - Lindsey O.R. May 5th 1981. This loco is better known in its former guise as D1733, the first loco to trial the BR blue livery soon after building in the Summer of 1964.
47 141 March
The March to Spalding section of the former GN & GE joint line which closed in 1982 is widely acknowledged as being a short sighted candidate for closure. Congestion caused by freight traffic having to use the ECML at Peterborough illustrates this and rumours of a possible reopening have abounded for years now. In the days when the alternative route was still well used, with March North box in the background, 47141 heads north with a train of tankers running in the path of 6G55 14.10 Royston - Lindsey O.R. May 5th 1981. This loco is better known in its former guise as D1733, the first loco to trial the BR blue livery soon after building in the Summer of 1964.