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. This view taken on May Day in 1937, shows ex-LNWR Whale 'Precursor' 4-4-0 No. 25304 'Greyhound' climbing away from Sandy Station with a freight for Bedford. 25304 was built at Crewe in July 1905 as L&NWR No. 302 and was withdrawn in Jan. 1947.

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