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Film clip Item on Whitemoor yard
http://www.itv.com/anglia/railway-heritage-visit56938/

Nice one, Bryan, although a more desolate place than Whitemoor on a winter's night is hard to imagine. Pleasing to think that a little bit has re-opened.

I am frequently surprised by the amount of stuff that appears on Britarch.
It is a site meant for archaeology and this comes from the latest news section, which is a trawl of an awful lot of media with a faint connection to History or Archaeology.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/
then into the news tab then Archaeology Latest

A couple of us Darnall lads went on loan to March and worked out of Whitemoor yard a lot.

Didn't stay long as the best entertainment at night in March was watching the level crossing gates open and shut.

Boris wrote:A couple of us Darnall lads went on loan to March and worked out of Whitemoor yard a lot.

Didn't stay long as the best entertainment at night in March was watching the level crossing gates open and shut.

Boris

That's interesting, I had heard that some 'northern blokes' had been on loan at March, but I've never found out anything verifiable. How long were you there, do you know how many men were involved and what the dates were ? What roads did you learn ?

Any information would be welcome

Andy Rush
GN&GE Line Co-ordinator
Great Eastern Railway Society

PS: I always found the gates at March East entertaining as well....!

I used to like the crossing gates at the North end of Ely across the fen road to Shippea Hill as far as i remember it must be the most crossing gates in the shortest road distance. I think there were three sets and about a mile further another set at Prickwillow.

52D wrote:I used to like the crossing gates at the North end of Ely across the fen road to Shippea Hill as far as i remember it must be the most crossing gates in the shortest road distance. I think there were three sets and about a mile further another set at Prickwillow.

The crossings are on the B1382 just north of Ely. Each crossing had it's own keeper and the gates are called for as required by the Ely North Junction signalman.

http://richard2890.fotopic.net/p58784615.html

The village is called Queen Adelaide.

http://ely-online.com/QueenAdelaide.aspx