A vanished world. Spalding's railways now feature just a pair of running lines, with none of the other infrastructure seen here. The forest of semaphore signals are long gone, as is the line heading off past the level crossing in the distance towards Boston. This scene depicts Spalding on 5 May 1984, during the town's tulip festival. The DMU ensemble in the background has brought in one of the many special trains that ran in connection with the festival. In the foreground, Class 100 inspection saloon ADB975637 & ADB975664 heads off towards Sleaford. On a final pessimistic note, even the large scale commercial growing of tulips in the Spalding area has now ceased.