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Signal theft discovered by staff when trying to clear line for freight train


08/05/2025 in News

DCRail’s 56103 and 56301 pass the site of the stolen signal just outside Whittlesea station on April 18 with the 1108 Cheddesden Sidings-Kings Lynn T.C. aggregrates train. JOHN RUDD.

A semaphore signal arm on the Ely-Peterborough line was stolen in mid-April.




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