The Lost Signal Boxes Of March Railway
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- March was once a busy junction station with 7 platforms and many signal boxes on the railway network around the town. Sadly over time and with the decline of the railway a lot of the signal boxes were taken out of action and demolished. Today only two signal boxes remain at March. In this video we take a look at the ones that are now lost to photographs and the now empty spaces where the boxes would have once stood.
Music by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au @ScottBuckley
Excellent piece of work showing the glorious fens at their best. Amazing to see the extent of what was once there and to remember with sadness the carnage that was inflicted on the railway network.
Thank very much, And thank you for watching. But like you say very sad to see what has been taken away as when I was about 8 years old living in the town most of this was still in place.
@@barryjohn3549 Know how you feel.I am from Glasgow and as as a small child there seemed to be railways,docks with ships and factories with rail links everywhere. By the time I was in my late twenties much of it was gone,including two major and many smaller stations (one as big as St Pancras and desighned by the same architect complete with hotel used by The Royal Navy in two world wars).This was as long ago as the late seventies,since then the wholesale slaughter has continued and 'development oppotunities' abound. Even the railway headquarters buildings have become 'development opportunities' There is a lot left but between developers and the S N P mismanagement the future looks bleak. Developers are still building on railway key sites that have existed for over one hundred and fifty years.
I have worked in march west and whitemoor jun signal boxes in the 80's and bring back the good old memories from my time in march
Thank you for watching, I very am pleased the film brings back some good memories of your time on the railway way in March.
just felt like nipping back again , just to sit quietly as i hope grandad did , i never tire of watching this film , as ever my warmest wishes from lancashire
thanks barry
Excellent photos of the old signal boxes and railway in the March area never realised how many SB's there were thanks for sharing
Thank you very much, And thank you for watching. After making this film I also found out about two more signal boxes in the town but they were both demolished about 100 years ago.
@@barryjohn3549 hi Barry there is still a sigñal box in Peterborough at eastfeild sidiñgs it's still in use
Very, very interesting, thank you for compiling and sharing👍
Thank you for watching, I am very pleased you enjoyed it.
Wow, that was a lot of boxes. Very nicely done sir.
Thank you for watching I am very pleased you enjoyed it. After making this film I found out that were two more signal boxes but they had been demolished about 100 years ago.
just had to watch again , i wanted to be near grandad , such beautiful music too , kind regards from wigan , lancashire
Thank you Tracy for coming back to watch, Its nice to know my film takes you back to nice memories of your grandad.
thanks barry ,
Many happy days I spent there at whitemoor yards sadly all gone near anough
what a beautiful film in every way , well done and thank you , my late grandad was a career signal man , oh boy how i wish i could ask him now all the things i need to know , god rest his gentle soul , very best wishes from wigan lancashire , a world of lost signal boxes too
Thank you for watching, I am very pleased you enjoyed it and that it brings back lovely memories of your grandad.
@@barryjohn3549 thanks mate , never ever saw him angry in all the time i knew him ,
thanks Barry. spent many a happy few hours in or about march with my mini van, gran and little stove watching trains.
Thank for watching, I am pleased you enjoyed it and that the film can bring back some nice memories.
Thanks for this…much appreciated. 😊. 🚂🚴♂️👣🇺🇦
Thank you for watching my little film, I am pleased you enjoyed it.
Thank's for this, great piece of film.
Thank you for watching the film, I’m pleased you enjoyed it
Three Horse Shoes is a curiosity, once guarding a short goods line into middle of nowhere...
Yes it went to benwick
Barry that was just great. I have travelled on the Spalding March line, and have great memories of this line. I remember eating a cheese sandwich in the cafeteria at March station, on a cold winters evening 1963, awaiting the arrival of my train to Longstanton. If only! Keep up the good work with your videos.
Thank you very much, and thank you for watching
Thank you for posting this great piece of railway nostalgia. A relative of mine has just moved to March so I can relate to some of the images. March rail traffic must have been great in its heyday.
Thank you for watching I am very pleased you enjoyed it.
Used to be part of the route for the old Liverpool Central to Harwich boat trains, back in the immediate post war years.
Sad to see the ghosts of what was in a different era. Nice music.
Thank you for watching Stuart, but yeah very sad as a lot of this was still in place when I was a child. The music is from Scott Buckley and he has a channel here on UA-cam
the music is very beautiful
I worked March East Signalbox for one shift under instruction, as part of a job swap.
Brilliant
@@ramblingrob4693 thanks for watching I’m pleased you enjoyed it
Shame they closed the other platforms at March. Maybe one day they'll re-open them for HS2 one day...
Probably demolish whole lot either rebuild modern crap or build housing. Estate