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 'K3' 2-6-0 No. 2426 is well in command of a down freight on May Day in 1937 and has just passed through Sandy Station. 2426 was one of a batch of 'K3s' built by NBL of Glasgow in Aug. 1935 and was withdrawn in May 1962 as BR No. 61940.

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