LMS 2MT 2-6-0 No 46467 with an up freight leaving the up goods loop south of Cambridge at Trumpington on Friday 7 July 1961. The photographer is on Long Road bridge with Trumpington signal box just out of shot on the down side of the line. The Bedford line is far side of the sidings on the left and in the extreme distance is the LNWR signal box.

46467 was one of three 2MT 2-6-0s that were new to Cambridge in 1951 and were mostly used on the lighter laid local branch lines. So we were wondering if this is the freight heading for the Haverhill line, but 22 wagons seems a lot for that branch, I did wonder if it was off to Saffron Walden but I would expect more wagons of coal for the merchants there.

Also why so many container flats and Lowfits were stored here is a mystery - unless you know why?

The sidings were the site of the The Royal Agricultural Society of England 1922 show.

Photo: M.J. Fox / Rail Archive Stephenson