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. LNER Gresley 'A3' 4-6-2 No. 2597 'Gainsborough' sweeps purposefully northward with a down expess in June 1936. It was built at Doncaster in Apr. 1930 and withdrawn in Nov. 1963 as BR No. 60086.

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