Chaffers Siding
Chaffers level crossing, just east of Nelson station, where the driver must pull the cord on the board next to the <I>STOP</I> sign in order to activate the crossing warning lights and barriers, following which he obtains a white proceed light. Once his train has cleared the crossing the barriers are then raised automatically. I have not come across any other examples of a crossing operated in this way other than at stations where a train is scheduled to stop anyway, eg Kirknewton see image 13900, or on some freight-only lines.
Location: Chaffers Siding (former)
Original line: Accrington, Burnley and Colne Branch (East Lancashire Railway)
Photographer: John McIntyre
Contact photographer: John McIntyre
Date: 08/11/2007
Image number: 17268
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