Westerfield station and level crossing 1979

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Westerfield station and level crossing 1979

Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: Unknown

A train to Felixstowe arrives from Ipswich. The level crossing gates have been opened by hand by a dedicated crossing keeper, separate from the signalman in the signalbox at the other end of the station. Signals are unusual: a rare co-acting signal for the train shown, while the opposite direction's equivalent is on the opposite side of the line from normal. The reason in both cases is to permit high-speed running through the station which at one time carried London-Lowestoft expresses.

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