Scissors
Unfortunately, despite repeated scrutiny of the relevant notebooks, I have been unable to pinpoint from the minimalist records contained within them the exact date of this photograph. The best I can do is narrow it down to sometime between 30th October and the end of November 1976. However, the precise date probably doesn't matter that much: it's identifiable as Cambridge station with its well-known scissors crossover clearly visible. For many years Cambridge had only one through platform, seen here on the right (numbers 1 and 4), and the crossover allowed multiple trains to use the platform at the same time. According to Wikipedia it's the third longest platform in the UK. In 2011, a new island platform was opened - just behind where the Class 08 shunter is parked - which added two more through platforms. I considered converting this one to monochrome but in doing so I would have lost the red light so I decided to leave it as "colour".
Scissors
Unfortunately, despite repeated scrutiny of the relevant notebooks, I have been unable to pinpoint from the minimalist records contained within them the exact date of this photograph. The best I can do is narrow it down to sometime between 30th October and the end of November 1976. However, the precise date probably doesn't matter that much: it's identifiable as Cambridge station with its well-known scissors crossover clearly visible. For many years Cambridge had only one through platform, seen here on the right (numbers 1 and 4), and the crossover allowed multiple trains to use the platform at the same time. According to Wikipedia it's the third longest platform in the UK. In 2011, a new island platform was opened - just behind where the Class 08 shunter is parked - which added two more through platforms. I considered converting this one to monochrome but in doing so I would have lost the red light so I decided to leave it as "colour".