Lock Lane Level Crossing with a freight train crossing
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Lock Lane Level Crossing with a freight train crossing by Ian Calderwood as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image: © Ian Calderwood Taken: 7 Mar 2016
Up until at least the 1970s, this crossing was operated manually from the nearby signal box. It is now fully automated and the signal box was demolished in 2009.