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| Whilst i was carrying out detailed research on March TMD in 2003, i was sent pictures via e-mail and post by kind individuals who helped me in my quest, if you see any pictures that you think may be yours and you would like me to either remove or credit your name against, please let me know, around 10% of the pics i cannot claim to be mine and therfore i wish to apologies if i have used an image without consent |
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| THE LOCO ALLOCATION FROM 1981- TO MAINTANANCE DEPOT CLOSURE ON 24TH DECEMBER 1987 IS DETAILED IN THE COMMENTARY SECTION IN EACH GALLERY IF ANY BODY IS INTERESTED |
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whist in the former Whitemoor up sidings my brother in law found this sign in some bushes | MARCH TMD/WHITEMOOR APRIL 2003 | (657) |
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looking off Norwood bridge looking into Whitemoor April 2003 | MARCH TMD/WHITEMOOR APRIL 2003 | (408) |
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31128 (cricklewood) 31182(immingham) 31187 (March) along with 37080(Healey Mills) and 37048 (Tinsely) at Hundred road.03.10.1982 | SHUNTERS AND VARIOUS PICS MARCH TMD 1990 | (401) |
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taken from the headshunt on Hundred road we see March TMD quite busy (circa 1987) | lost images March TMD and Station | (388) |
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a railfreight class 47 negociates the complex pointwork at whitemoor junction | AROUND MARCH STN/NORWOOD BRIDGE | (309) |
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 | 13th Apr 2007 | lost images March TMD and Station (12 images)
Whilst in my attic i came across a book of old photos i have not seen for a number of years, within this book i found 6 images of March which i totally forgot about, so here they are.
Many thanks for the comments and e-mails regarding this fotopic site, i thank you all for your support it seems in the poll on my main site that the March TMD site is very popular with you, if you have any pictures you wish to share please contact me and i will shaw them on here with your name.
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 | 25th Feb 2007 | Whitemoor open day 23.05.2004 (11 images)
almost now up to date, here we have pictures from the open day held at Whitemoor LDC on 23/05/2004 showing the naming of 66701 and pictures from inside the yard
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 | 2nd Feb 2007 | SHUNTERS AND VARIOUS PICS MARCH TMD 1990 (10 images)
MORE LOST 35MM PICS FROM MY MARCH TMD COLLECTION, THIS BATCH FEATURES MOSTLY CLASS 08 SHUNTERS, BUT A FEW SUPRISES THROWN IN AS WELL!
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 | 1st Feb 2007 | MARCH TMD/WHITEMOOR APRIL 2003 (28 images)
I RETURNED TO MARCH IN EASTER 2003 AFTER 9 YEARS TO SEE MY FORMER MECCA, AND WITH MY BROTHER IN LAW WE TOURED THE DEPOT AND WHITEMOOOR YARD, JUST AFTER THIS VISIT IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT WHITEMOOR WAS TO BE RE-BORN AND LIKE A PHEONIX IT HAS KNOW RISEN ONCE AGAIN TO BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT RAILWAY CENTRE ONCE AGAIN, THESE PICTURES SHOW THE DEPOT/WHITEMOOR YARD AND TWENTY FOOT BANK AT EASTER IN 2003 AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER2005 AFTER THE YARD WAS REBUILT
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 | 1st Feb 2007 | STORED AND ABANDONED LOCOS MARCH TMD (9 images)
AROUND MARCH TMD AND THE FORMER STEAM SHED BECAME A DUMPING GROUND IN THE LATE 1980'S AND BY 1991 EX TINSLEY CLASS 45'S LITTERED THE OLD SHED SITE ALONG SIDE CLASSES 03/08/47 AND 20. I VISITED ONE DAY IN 1991 AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE LOCOS RUSTING AWAY, WITH TREES AND SHRUBS ATTEMPING TO RECLAIM THEIR TERRITORY AND SURROUNDING THE LOCO'S
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 | 1st Feb 2007 | RAILFREIGHT GREY AT MARCH TMD (12 images)
12 PICTURES FROM THE RAILFREIGHT GREY ERA
SOME PICS FEATURE FULL RAILFREIGHT GREY AND OTHERS RAILFREIGHT GREY WITH A RED SOLE BAR, PICS WERE TAKEN AROUND 1990 AT MARCH TMD
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 | 30th Jan 2007 | AROUND MARCH STN/NORWOOD BRIDGE (16 images)
NOT ONLY WAS MARCH DEPOT A MUST FOR ALL RAIL ENTHUSIASTS, BUT THE STATION AND NORWOOD BRIDGE WERE A GREAT PLACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, LOOKING INTO WHITEMOOR FROM NORWOOD BRIDGE, THE POINTWORK WAS VERY COMPLEX, I CANT IMAGINE HOW THE SIGNALMAN IN WHITEMOOR JUNCTION BOX REMEMBERED THE 130 PLUS LEVERS!! AND THE STATION PLAYED HOST TO PASSENGER/PARCELS AND FREGHT TRAINS, HERE ARE 12 PICS TAKEN FROM NORWOOD BRIDGE AND MARCH STN
MARCH DEPOT ALLOCATIONS 1987
08258/406/418/493/526/538/539/631/711/713/757/865/889
31102/105/106/108/109//126/127/141/141/146/147/164/173/183/184/218/219/229/248/249/250/252/255/263/264/268/407/408/409/410/411/412/413/414/415/416/417/418/419/420/421/422/426/427/428
37080/097/102/107/109/110/113/138/140/142/144/158/174/216/219/514
TOTAL LOCO'S 75 (08-13) (31-46) (37-16)
MOST LOCO'S WERE TRANSFERED DURING 1987 THE LAST 14 CLASS 31/4'S TO LEAVE 407/408/409/410/411/412/413/414/415/416/417/418/419 AND 420, WERE TRANSFERED TO BESCOT 417 AND 420 WENT TO IMMINGHAM, THIS LEFT ONLY SHUNTING LOCO'S AT MARCH AND BY 1994 THE LAST CLASS 08 LEFT. MARCH DEPOT CLOSED COMPLETLY IN MAY 1994, IT WAS USED AS A SIGNING ON POINT UNTIL 1995, IN 1996 CANTILLION DEMOLITION LTD DEMOLISHED THE DEPOT, THE RUNNING SHED WAS CAREFULLY DISMANTLED AND RESURECTED AT WEYBOURNE ON THE NNR.
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 | 30th Jan 2007 | RAILFREIGHT/SECTORISATION ERA PART 3 (8 images)
MARCH WAS A VERY BUSY FUELING/STABLING POINT RIGHT UP UNTIL FINAL CLOSURE OF THE DEPOT IN 1995, ITS TRUE AFTER THE LOSS OF 'SPEEDLINK' IN JULY 1991 SAW THE END OF WORKINGS OUT OF WHITEMOOR YARD (APART FROM THE SPILLERS PET FOOD TRAIN OUT OF WISBECH WHICH USED THE SINGLE LINE THROUGH WHITEMOOR JUNCTION) BUT THE DEPOT CARRIED ON RIGHT TILL THE END, THERE WAS TALK OF A DEPOT PLAQUE FOR MARCH BASED ENGINES BASED ON A RUNNING HARE (MARCH HARE), THE PLAQUE GOT TO THE PROTOTYPE STAGE BUT WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO FRUITION, SOME OF THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN IN 1994 JUST BEFORE FINAL CLOSURE, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE TRACKS COVERED IN WEEDS
MARCH LOCO ALLOCATION 1986
08258/406/418/427/438/493/526/538/539/558/631/711/713/834/865
31102/105/106/108/109/126/127/141/142/146/147/164/173/183/184/218/219/229/248/249/250/252/255/261/263/264/268/271/272/312/405/406/407/408/409/410/411/412/413/414/415/416/417/418/419/420/421/422/423/424/425/426/427428
37052/054/084/086/087/088/092/102/103/105/107/109/110/113/115/138/140/144/148/173/219/263
TOTAL 96 LOCO'S (08-15) (31-59) (37-22)
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 | 30th Jan 2007 | RAILFREIGHT/SECTORISATION ERA PART 2 (10 images)
IN THE EARLY 1990'S MARCH BECAME A VERY SECRETIVE PLACE AS BLOKES FROM BRUSH DECENDED ON THE DEPOT TO MAKE MODIFCATIONS TO THE THEN NEW CLASS 60'S, IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT ALL 100 CLASS MEMBER PASSED THROUGH THE DEPOT, HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF THE 'TUGS' AROUND THE DEPOT EITHER WAITING FOR WORK OR FINISHED, ALONG WITH A FEW MORE 'TRAINLOAD SECTOR' LOCOS STABLED AT THE DEPOT.
MARCH DEPOT ALLOCATIONS 1985
08258/272/406/412/418/427/438/493/526/538/539/549/709/713/865
31102/105/106/108/109/115/116/126/127/141/142/146/164/180/183/184/218/219/229/248/249/250/252/255/261/263/264/268/270/271/312/401/402/403/404/405/406/407/408/409/410/411/412/413/414/415/416/417/418/419/420/421/422/423/424/425/426/427/428
37052/054/084/086/087/088/092/102/103/105/107/109/110/113/115/138/140/144/148/173/219/263
TOTAL 96 LOCO'S (08-15) (31-59) (37-22)
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 | 30th Jan 2007 | RAILFREIGHT/ SECTORISATION ERA PART 1 (9 images)
MARCH TMD LOST ITS ALLOCATION OF CLASSES 31'S AND 37'S IN 1989 BUT IT WASNT THE END FOR OH NO, AFTER BR BLUE CAME RAILFREIGHT GREY WITH FULL YELLOW ENDS, THEN CAME RAILFREIGHT GREY WITH A RED SOLEBAR, THEN AGAIN IN 1987 CAME TRAINLOAD SQUADRON SECTORS (METALS,PETROLIUM,COAL AND DISTRIBUTION) THE LOCOS BECAME TRIPLE GREY WITH A SQUADRON SECTOR EMBLEM, I FOUND THIS VERY FACINATING A FAR CRY FROM THE BOARING BLUE WE WERE USED TO (NO OFFENCE IF YOU LIKE BR BLUE) ALL MANNER OF COLOURS AND LIVERYS GRACED THE FUELING PADS AND STABLING POINTS, THIS NEW LIVERY BROUGHT WITH IT DEPOT PLAQUES AND LARGE METAL BR ARROWS ALL VERY NICE!
MARCH DEPOT ALLOCATIONS 1984
08272/324/406/412/418/427/438/493/526/538/539/549/709/713/865
31102/105/108/109/110/114/115/116/126/133/142/180/183/184/218/219/229/249/250/252/255/261/263/264/268/272/291/312/401/402/403/412/413/414/415/416/417/418/419/420/421/422/423/424
37052/054/084/086/087/088/092/097/099/102/105/107/109/110/113/115/140/173/219/263
TOTAL 80 LOCO'S (08-15) (31-44) (37-21)
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 | 30th Jan 2007 | MARCH TMD BR BLUE ERA PART 3 (10 images)
PART 3 OF THE MARCH TMD IN THE BR BLUE ERA AND WE HAVE EVEN MORE PICS, SOME OF THESE ARE NEW AND JUST BEEN FOUND, SOME WERE IN A BAD WAY SO I HAVE TOUCHED UP A FEW HOPE THEY ARE OK. THESE PICS AGAIN CENTRE ON HUNDRED ROAD AND FROM INSIDE THE DEPOT IN THE 1980'S
WHO CAN REMEMBER WALKING OVER NORWOD BRIDGE ON THEIR WAY TO THE DEPOT AND SMELLING ONIONS? OR WAS IT JUST ME?
MARCH ALLOCATION DEPOT ALLOCATIONS 1983
03086/154/175
08272/324/406/412/418/427/438/493/526/528/538/539/549/713
31102/110/114/115/116/126/130/133/144/183/184/187/194/200/207/218/220/251/253/255/261/268/269/291/312/401/402/403/405/412/413/414/415/416/417/418/419/420/421/422/432/424
37036/052/054/075/084/086/087/088/090/092/097/099/102/107/109/110/115/140/173/219/263
TOTAL 83 LOCO'S (03-3) (08-14) (31-46) (37-21)
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 | 30th Jan 2007 | MARCH TMD BR BLUE ERA PART 2 (10 images)
PART 2 OF THE BR BLUE ERA AT MARCH TMD, THESE PICS WERE TAKEN IN THE 80'S IN AND AROUND THE DEPOT AND FROM HUNDRED ROAD WHERE THE FIVE ROAD STABLING SIDINGS WERE SITUATED, IT WAS ALWAYS AN ADRENALIN RUSH WALKING UP HUNDRED ROAD NEVER KNOWING WHAT WAS IN THE SIDINGS AND REMEMBER THERE WAS NO FENCE!! THE LOCOS WERE OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS AND SOMETIMES UNLOCKED!!!!
MARCH TMD ALLOCATION 1982
03154/175
08095/257/258/272/324/393/406/412/418/427/438/493/526/528/538/539/705/713
31114/115/126/177/179/182/183/200/207/216/229/236/239/244/251/253/255/261/262/265/269/270/291/293/295/312/313/318/321/325/402/403/406/407/408/409/410/417/418
37010/036/048/054/075/084/086/087/088/090/092/097/102/107/109/110/140/170/171/172/173/219/259
TOTAL 84 (03-2) (08-18) (31-39) (37-23)
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 | 30th Jan 2007 | MARCH TMD BR BLUE ERA, PART 1 (10 images)
FIRST BATCH OF BR BLUE IMAGES DATING FORM 1983 UP TO 1990, THESE PICTURES ARE MOSTLY TAKEN INSIDE THE DEPOT WHICH WAS EASY TO WALK AROUND (IF YOU ASKED NICELY) THE DEPOT STAFF WERE VERY FREINDLY AND DID NOT MIND YOU WANDERING ABOUT (TRY THIS NOW AT AN EWS DEPOT!!)
DEPOT ALLOCATION 1981
03017/154/175
08026/095/096/257/258/272/324/393/406/412/427/438/493/526/528/538/539/549/713/889
31113/173/176/177/179/182/183/193/194/200/204/205/206/207/208/216/229/236/239/249/243/244/251/253/255/261/262/263/268/269/291/293/295/305/309/312/313/314/318/321/322/325/326/406/407/408/410
37010/017/022/023/025/033/034/035/036/037/038/039/041/047/050/051/052/054/075/084/085/086/087/088/090/092/097/099/102/107/110/114/170/171/172/173/179
TOTAL 107 (03-3) (08-20) (31-47) (37-37)
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Hello a a very warm welcome to my third Fotopic site, due to so much feedback and comments from people who visited my main fotopic site (jons-trains) this site is dedicated to March TMD in Cambridgeshire, now sadly gone but was once a very important outpost for diesel traction and of course a Mecca for many enthusiasts, me being one!!
I hope to capture the memories of many enthusiasts and of course the people who worked this very busy fenland depot who did not have time to take photos whilst at work there
The pictures were taken in the 1980's right up to depot closure in 1994 and feature BR Blue and Trainload sector liveries.
I have many pictures to scan and add to the site so pleae bear with me, if you have any pictures or memories you would like to share with me about March TMD or indeed the old Whitemoor Yard please contact me, i will be only to pleased to add your pics with your name credited to the site. Many thanks to the kind individuals/researchers who have contacted me to do this site, i thank you for your support and the idea, so sit back back with a cup of tea and a few hobnobs and go back in time to those days when you could hear that unmistakable sound of a class 31's two tone horn as you walked excitedly up Hundred road to 'cop' March TMD stabling sidings!! |
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i will be 37 this year, i am Married to sarah who i have been with since 1990 and have two boys, one aged 9 (Matthew) and the other 3 (Adam) both like trains!! . i have been into the railway scene since around the age of 8, as my grandfather regaled me with storys of the railways after that i was hooked, he was a driver for BR Eastern region for 50 years and he got me interested in trains, two other members of my family were drivers also so really i was born into railways. I took up serious spotting in the early 80's as a young spotty teenager, i always carried a camera for 'point and shoot' shots. I left the 'scene' in the late 80's to chase women and to pop my 'cherry', i got into classic cars and restored a Ford capri 2.8i and showed it round the country at classsic car shows but i missed the railways and came back into the hobby in 2001, i took up serious railway photography in 2002 and went digital in 2004. I have a large interest in railways modern and old.
I currently work on the railway in preservation and am an active member of the Mid Norfolk Railway working within the operations/shunting dept and also im the Publicity officer (I.T) and working member of the class 56 group, my other interests are Military history since WW2, reading and music as i was a mobile DJ for 4 years!!, i also enjoy a beer or two (maybe 3!!)
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