Sandy in Bedforshire is where, for a short distance, the former L&NWR Bedford to Cambridge 'Varsity' route (closed in 1968) and the GNR lines that are now part of the ECML run in parallel for about half a mile but do not connect. Both companies had separate but adjacent stations with a shared island platform, this is now merged into one station. In July 1952, BR Peppercorn 'A1' 4-6-2 No. 60157 'Great Eastern' heads a down express, the ex-LNWR lines are above to the left. 60157 was built at Doncaster in Nov. 1949 and was withdrawn in Jan. 1965.