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The Return of Level Crossing News (a tribute)

beeboo said:
I thought at first you meant to 'leg it out of the way of the on-coming train' - well, duh! :o :D


Actually, one of my most ingrained childhood memories was having to accompany my dad to visit the parents of a girl who worked for him at the office, to offer our condolences after she was killed on a level crossing. :( :(

(actually the main reason the memory is ingrained because her parents fed us on delicious goose-egg custard tarts - :o OK I was only young alright!)
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Yeah, well I suppose at 17 you can't be expected to understand the seriousness of the situation. Custard tarts!

Giles..
 
This one of my most favourite pubs ever

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because you can sit on the terrace on the left and have a great view over the busy railway:

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There's a station right there and the village's only road over a level crossing there too. Almost all the villagers ignore the crossing's signals to walk over and you can get around the barriers easily. I always thought they were nutters for doing this.

Then one day I dawdled over my last pint and my train came in. So I tore down the stairs, sprinted over to the barriers, ignored them, walked over the track going the other way, wrenched open the door of my train on the outside, not the platform side and heaved myself up and in.

I'd JUST closed the door when a fast train tore through on the other line I'd just crossed. I hadn't looked and I'd assumed the barriers were only down for my train.

I won't be doing that again. :(
 
And in new level crossing news, this photographer thought it would be a good idea to set up a photo shoot by the Trenos level crossing near Llanharan, where trains travel on the busy line between Cardiff and Swansea at speeds of up to 85mph.

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www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk

Shocking images show dangerous level crossing misuse in South Wales

Network Rail is urging cyclists and pedestrians in South Wales to use level crossings safely after a recent increase in misuse, with several people caught risking serious injury or worse
www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
 
editor said:
And in new level crossing news, this photographer thought it would be a good idea to set up a photo shoot by the Trenos level crossing near Llanharan, where trains travel on the busy line between Cardiff and Swansea at speeds of up to 85mph.
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farmerbarleymow said:
I've never heard of Level Crossing News - what a splendid site. Shame it stopped ten years ago. :(
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Proud to have been featured.

You can still peruse the may types of level crossings in the UK on his sister site (below). I wonder what happened to the fella.

haddonstuff - where underachievement is a badge of honour

www.haddonstuff.f9.co.uk

Meanwhile, look at this flaming fuckwit:

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And here's some idiot cyclists

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Much more here Schoolgirl posed for photo on level crossing in East Yorkshire
 
I've renamed this thread to celebrate the old site. Please - if you have any level crossing news you'd like to share, this is the place to post!
 
editor said:
And here's the one hour video you've been waiting for



More - much more - here: UK Level Crossings Channel
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Not exactly blockbuster material - but I watched the first couple of minutes and was puzzled why one set of barriers descended, only to be followed by the other set a bit later. I'd have thought they'd both descend at the same time to block the road. There's probably some reason for it but it looks odd.
 
farmerbarleymow said:
Not exactly blockbuster material - but I watched the first couple of minutes and was puzzled why one set of barriers descended, only to be followed by the other set a bit later. I'd have thought they'd both descend at the same time to block the road. There's probably some reason for it but it looks odd.
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the two barriers that stop vehicles driving on (assuming they are driving on the correct side of the road) tend to go down slightly sooner than the two that are on the 'driving off' side of the road
 
Puddy_Tat said:
the two barriers that stop vehicles driving on (assuming they are driving on the correct side of the road) tend to go down slightly sooner than the two that are on the 'driving off' side of the road
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That makes sense - it's years since I've seen a level crossing, although might have passed one at speed on the train I suppose.
 
Seeing people risking lives on level crossings makes me cringe. Not just their own, tbh.

Sod it, even a 15" gauge loco n train travelling at 15mph can make a serious mess.
The "mainline" varieties take even fewer prisoners when a collision is caused, almost always by the road user doing something that they should not be doing.
Not a good experience for the train driver, either ...
 
Puddy_Tat said:
the two barriers that stop vehicles driving on (assuming they are driving on the correct side of the road) tend to go down slightly sooner than the two that are on the 'driving off' side of the road
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This is what this thread is all about: learning about level crossings. I suspect there's lots more to come.
 
I reckon you are ok* to do a photoshoot at the Bourne End crossing


The trains are so slow you could easily pack up your equipment , fold up the picnic blanket and then jump on the back of the train as it passed. All without breaking sweat



* not really
 
Poetry in motion



The king of preserved level crossings! Look at that red lamp flicker! Watch the hiker's wave be ignored!

 
existentialist said:
Ah yes, I know that one - slightly tricky for being on a T-junction...
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i raise you wokingham, which (until a year or two back) led on to a mini roundabout (and no, unless you had a very small car, you couldn't stop inside the white line without your rear end being within the gates)

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it's traffic signalled now, with stop line before the crossing.

(at a tangent, the footbridge on the left is now a listed structure - it was made largely out of redundant rails some time in the 19th century)
 
My sons (4 & 2) absolutely love those level crossing videos on you tube, it’ll keep them quiet for ages. The highlight of one is the clip where the gates descend on a very normal looking rural level crossing, and suddenly a tiny steam train with carriages goes through (Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch railway for those who know it). It blew their tiny minds, so much excitement.
 
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