Reports - Cambridge
Chesterton Junction Railway Yard
Where? Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Photos 50. Comments 4. Posted 12 August 2006.
This railway yard is on the outskirts of Cambridge. It was primarily used as a depot to assemble new track panels and concrete sleepers. In later years it was used for general freight.
Not much remains on site now - a few old buildings and a couple of wagons. A couple of aggregate trains visit every week - one area of the yard has been taken over by a huge pile of stones. The old control tower used to occupy this area 
RAF Oakington
Where? Oakington, Cambridgeshire. Photos 57. Comments 48. Posted 23 August 2006.
RAF Oakington closed many years ago - in 1999 to be precise. A year later the domestic areas were turned into a high security immigration reception centre.
The good news is that technical buildings such as boiler-rooms and hangars aren't on the IRC site. The even better news is that there's a car boot sale on this part of the site every weekend, making access really easy.
But now for some bad news. The whole site is to go to make way for a new Cambridge commuter town...
