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Footbridge over the River Welland named after a submarine adopted by Spalding in WWII. The name relates to a battle for the Taku forts, China.
From left to right: 47 145; 47 453; 47 412; 37 035; and 47 566. I believe the 37 had come from Cambridge with a train that started at Wokingham.
The Spalding we knew and loved!
25245/060 head through the station with the 14.20 Gt. Yarmouth - Derby dated service.
Strange to think that this amazing display of infrastructure had already been rationalised following the closure of routes to Bourne, Kings Lynn & Boston!
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Colas 70805 takes power as it pulls out of Spalding Up Sidings into Spalding station. Where 70805 would run round the train and form 6S99 2110 Spalding Up Sidings to Aberdeen Waterloo. Spalding Up Sidings until this month would usually see the occasional stabled Tamper.
70803 brought the loaded wagons down having worked 6E98 Aberdeen Waterloo to Spalding Up Sidings on May the 19th. This is the first return working over a 12 month contract to bring slurry from Aberdeen to Kings Lynn. The wagons are unloaded here into road tankers.
Video here - youtu.be/ZuGGshWjUfI
One from the archives!
37025 leaves the now closed 'Joint' line from March with a sand train from Middleton Towers.
Good to know this beast is still alive and kicking today in large log livery.
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Back in the days when people travelled by train to the seaside!
25069/032 come off the now closed 'Joint' from March with the 14.20 Gt Yarmouth - Derby dated service.
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25069/032 rattle over the pointwork and into the station with 14.20 Gt Yarmouth - Derby.
Lovely infrastructure abounds!
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47068 arrives at Spalding with the excursion from Treherbert.
You just have to admire the organisation and planning at BR that went into arranging all these trains and where to keep them during event.
Also in the image L-R:
47029 from Burton
37091 from Southend
31164 from Acle? (or Yarmouth)
31199 from Kings Cross
Tulip Parade Day in Spalding on 3rd May 1980. Locos and stock everywhere - those were the days!
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