SK7867 : Driver's-eye view of Grassthorpe level crossing

near to Weston, Nottinghamshire County, Great Britain

Driver's-eye view of Grassthorpe level crossing
Driver's-eye view of Grassthorpe level crossing
The sign on the crossing reads "GRASSTHORPE L.C. / CROSSING CLOSES NIGHTLY / 22:00 - 06:00". The reason for this is that the crossing is manually operated - drivers wait whilst the crossing operator phones for clearance and opens the gates - and there is no night shift.

The train is a high-speed electric job on the east-coast main-line, which here passes through the very flat Trent plain, which explains the number of level-crossings (many have been upgraded to overbridges now).

I know that driver's-view photographs are normally rejected, but here it's very much part of the context!
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SK7867   (find more images nearby)
Photographer
Toby Speight   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph (First for SK7867)
Date Taken
Sunday, 11 June, 2006   (find more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 13 June, 2006
Category
Level crossing   (find more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 785 673 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:11.8198N 0:49.5839W
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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