johnnychips
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Is that an instruction? I would await @DarloRich to reply to that. If it’s near Darlo then I expect a fierce defence, if nearer to Hartlepool then maybe not.Linger and Die just North of Darlington
Is that an instruction? I would await @DarloRich to reply to that. If it’s near Darlo then I expect a fierce defence, if nearer to Hartlepool then maybe not.Linger and Die just North of Darlington
Certainly, but of course the equipment container at the crossing refers to itself as Wooden Gates....I believe that its name (“Wooden Gate”, singular) derives from “the gate at Wooden” (there is a nearby “Wooden Farm”), rather than “a gate made out of dead trees”.
Is that an instruction? I would await @DarloRich to reply to that. If it’s near Darlo then I expect a fierce defence, if nearer to Hartlepool then maybe not.
....in Norfolk, so probably not somewhere a Virgin train has been anywhere near.
Rat hole lane, between Retford & Gainsborough
I was going to post that one! It's on a Bridleway that I cycle on from time to time.
Another one is Botany Bay crossing between Retford and Bawtry on the ECML.
Crossings named after things you really don’t want to find on the railway:
Trees Crossing (Audley End)
Elephant Crossing (Newport, Essex)
Boat Crossing (Bromsgrove)
Other noteworthy crossings include Three Gates (Chepstow), which only has two gates, and the unofficial name for Claydon Crossing halfway between Leamington Spa and Banbury.
Or Brabazon Crossing between Henbury and Filton North if you like aeroplanes!Crossings named after things you really don’t want to find on the railway:
Trees Crossing (Audley End)
Elephant Crossing (Newport, Essex)
Boat Crossing (Bromsgrove)
Other noteworthy crossings include Three Gates (Chepstow), which only has two gates, and the unofficial name for Claydon Crossing halfway between Leamington Spa and Banbury.
Maud Foster
An XC driver told me, in the course of a cab ride on a 47 some years ago, that there would often be a lady of ample proportions leaning over the gate!Claydon Crossing near Fenny Compton is better known as Big Tits Crossing
The road crossing the railway was at one time named Jumble Lane (according to a relative), but became Kendray Street at some point during the 20th century. The railway never got around to catching up!Before it was abolished last year, the crossing at Barnsley Station was called Jumble Lane, don't know why! (Before re-signalling in 1998, it was the last box in the country beginning with 'J' at the time)
The etymology of Victory crossing is less obvious since the adjacent pub, formerly the Victory Inn, was renamed the Allerford Inn after the nearby hamlet.Fields LC and Victory VC between Exeter and Taunton.
Minety LC is also a weird one on the Golden Valley, between Rodbourne (Swindon) and Kemble Junctions!
Cheers.Field crossing is a UWC between Staffords Bridge and Cowley Bridge.