Hello everyone 
I've been out and about yesterday visiting the town of March, Cambs, with intention of getting a number of atmospheric winter / low sunlight photos of
the railway station. It wasn't easy though, in the cold weather, as the camera batteries had to be constantly rotated with spare warmed-up batteries
between each photo being taken.
1) Whitemoor Junction
Seen from Norwood Road over-bridge is the overgrown, closed Wisbech branch heads away to the north, connected to Whitemoor Junction via a
completely new point (turnout) installed when the yard was re-opened as a engineering stabling / and ballast & track panel replenishment yard, whilst
the entrance roads to the Network Rail yard itself curves to the left. Behind the security fence is a public footpath running along the Western
boundary of the yards. On the footpath I glimpsed a couple of resident (former BR) Class 08 shunters, both in DRS livery. One of the locos was seen
on shunting duties with one of the ballast trains near to the yard's modern control tower.
Whitemoor Yard only has two entrance / exit roads, seen here both curving off in opposite directions under the road bridge towards the main line at the
west of the station. The track curving to the right joins the main line at March East Junction allowing works trains to and from East Anglia, with the
other trailing curve (heading to the left) connecting to the main line at March West Junction, thus allowing works trains to and from Peterborough and
the rest of the country. The track on the extreme left is just a long trailing head-shunt siding running just a few hundred yards parallel with the curve
onto March West Junction.

2) Station Road Level Crossing
An imposing Great Eastern Signal box overlooking a very busy LC. Behind the box, the former 'East' Sidings yard overgrown with dense grass and small
trees. Although the Wisbech Branch is closed following removal from the operational network in 2001 the box still retains a lever for the disused route.
Network Rail plan to close this box in the next few years and have the Ely - Peterborough main line (running through March) controlled from Cambridge.


I've been out and about yesterday visiting the town of March, Cambs, with intention of getting a number of atmospheric winter / low sunlight photos of
the railway station. It wasn't easy though, in the cold weather, as the camera batteries had to be constantly rotated with spare warmed-up batteries
between each photo being taken.
1) Whitemoor Junction
Seen from Norwood Road over-bridge is the overgrown, closed Wisbech branch heads away to the north, connected to Whitemoor Junction via a
completely new point (turnout) installed when the yard was re-opened as a engineering stabling / and ballast & track panel replenishment yard, whilst
the entrance roads to the Network Rail yard itself curves to the left. Behind the security fence is a public footpath running along the Western
boundary of the yards. On the footpath I glimpsed a couple of resident (former BR) Class 08 shunters, both in DRS livery. One of the locos was seen
on shunting duties with one of the ballast trains near to the yard's modern control tower.
Whitemoor Yard only has two entrance / exit roads, seen here both curving off in opposite directions under the road bridge towards the main line at the
west of the station. The track curving to the right joins the main line at March East Junction allowing works trains to and from East Anglia, with the
other trailing curve (heading to the left) connecting to the main line at March West Junction, thus allowing works trains to and from Peterborough and
the rest of the country. The track on the extreme left is just a long trailing head-shunt siding running just a few hundred yards parallel with the curve
onto March West Junction.

2) Station Road Level Crossing
An imposing Great Eastern Signal box overlooking a very busy LC. Behind the box, the former 'East' Sidings yard overgrown with dense grass and small
trees. Although the Wisbech Branch is closed following removal from the operational network in 2001 the box still retains a lever for the disused route.
Network Rail plan to close this box in the next few years and have the Ely - Peterborough main line (running through March) controlled from Cambridge.

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