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 April 1935 on one of his several photographic visits to Sandy, Les Hanson has captured Gresley 'A3' 'Fairway' with a down express. As LNER No. 2746 it was built at Doncaster in Oct. 1928 and would be withdrawn in Oct. 1964 as BR No. 60092.

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