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National Rail
0900 Birmingham New Street dep Cambridge [1N47]
170104: (79104* + 55104 + 50104)
from Cambridge P4 via dm to Ely North Jcn, then dn Peterborough = dm to March P1
"1028" (1100) Ipswich dep March [1Z30]
[66311] + 9805 + 3385 + 3295 + 1203 + 1220 + 5937* + 6046 + [57303]
from March P1 via dm = dn March to MP100.37, then 2-way gds to Peterborough N., then ds to Stoke, then dm, Grantham df, dm, Claypole dpl, dm, Newark North Gate dupl to Newark North Gate P3 (reverse), then dupl, headshunt to stops (reverse; headcode to 1Z31), then headshunt, dugl to just S of B6166 overbridge (reverse), then dugl, um, Claypole upl, um to Grantham North Jcn, then uds to Grantham stn N., then udg to Grantham South Jcn, then us to Highdyke, then um to Stoke, then uf to Peterborough N., then up March = um to March West Jcn, then ud W curve to Whitemoor Jcn, then Whitemoor line E tk to control tower S., then w tk to control tower, where loco attached to 57303:
[08846]
then Wmost, tk RC1 to stops (reverse), where 08846 and 66311 detached, and loco attached to 9805:
[69010]
then tk RC1, Wmost to control tower S., then E tk to Whitemoor Jcn, then ud E curve to March East Jcn, then um, March Up Yard up recep, um = up Peterborough to Ely North Jcn, then um, Ely ut sdg, um to Ely Dock Jcn, then ud Soham to Soham MP7.61, then up Soham to Chippenham Jcn, then dm, Bury St. Edmunds dgl, dm = dn Bury to Haughley Jcn, then um to Stowmarket N., then dm, Stowmarket dgl to MP80.03, then um to Europa Jcn, then up BFC to Boss Hall Jcn, then dn ES to Westerfield P1 (reverse), then up ES to East Suffolk Jcn N., then ud Lowestoft to Ipswich P2
1856 Great Yarmouth dep Ipswich [1Z32]
[69010] + 9805 + 3385 + 3295 + 1203 + 1220 + 5937* + 6046 + [57303]
from Ipswich P3 via dm, Claydon dgl, dm to Haughley Jcn, then up Bury = um, Bury St. Edmunds up sdg, um to Chippenham Jcn, then dn Soham to Soham MP7.61, then ud Soham to Ely Dock Jcn, then um to Ely P3
2027 Cambridge dep Ely [1K93]
755408: (911408* – 961408 – 971408 – 981408 – 912408)
from Ely P2 via um to Cambridge P5
Notebook: B96 | Last update: 2025-05-08 13:27 BST