RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 28 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Ben B said: That looks very dodgy... could easily imagine someone under that bridge, blocking the road, no room to get by and the barriers drop... Hence the road signs telling drivers that vehicles travelling away from the crossing have priority over those coming the other way under the narrow bridge and the level crossing itself being of the full barriered 'controlled' type using CCTV. In short it is perfectly safe and not in any way 'dodgy' Edited January 28 by phil-b259 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 28 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28 30 minutes ago, Ben B said: That looks very dodgy... could easily imagine someone under that bridge, blocking the road, no room to get by and the barriers drop... At least they are controlled barriers, someone or some technology has to check that the crossing is clear before the signals can be cleared. Andi 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Old Oak from the air... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 28 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28 On 11/11/2023 at 11:17, Ian Morgan said: Having a road go under a rail bridge and then across a level crossing never looks convincing on a layout. Even closer together (Waupaca, WI): No barrier either. The low level track is a loop off the high level track for access to a foundry 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, Ben B said: That looks very dodgy... could easily imagine someone under that bridge, blocking the road, no room to get by and the barriers drop... Blocking the road ? .......... try spinning the image to face the other way ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 28 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28 3 hours ago, phil-b259 said: Not confined to the USA.... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4025478,-0.2652875,3a,75y,171.01h,73t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIu2sTOeZnuTaaIBU0Xt6Sg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DIu2sTOeZnuTaaIBU0Xt6Sg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D61.66148%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Viewed from the other side it can be seen that it is two separate crossings sharing one set of barriers. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabato Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I've known Elm Road Crossing for over seventy years. Most interesting when it had it's own crossing box, which was located at the RH end of the short white fence behind the woman and buggy. Elm Road is pretty busy, especially at school start and fish times (there are a number of schools in the immediate area whose catchment areas also covers the other side of Kingston Road 300 yards beyond the overbridge. By and large drivers do tend to obey the signage, in particular the give way sign on the other side of the bridge for traffic approaching from Kingston Road. I've never seen any real problems with driver behaviour or recall any "incidents". I haven't driven that way more than half-a-dozen times in the last 40+ years. With 4 time tabled trains an hour outside of peak times (plus ECS to and from Strawberry Hill) you can wait up to 11 minutes for a clear path; 44 minutes an hour with the barriers down! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 23 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Nice - open cab doors are very rarely modelled, even in O Scale. 👍 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskra Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I took this last night and feel that the hills in the background look a bit back-scene like, with the case further helped that the working is a bit of rule-1/special train. The lights also appear over-bright which is another model railway thing that I’ve noticed. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Those sheep look a bit posed too… steve 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 O gauge sheep & T scale train ? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowley 47521 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 8 hours ago, steve1 said: Those sheep look a bit posed too… steve At least they’ve weathered the one in the foreground though. Nice photo Iskra. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 8 hours ago, steve1 said: Those sheep look a bit posed too… 2 minutes ago, Cowley 47521 said: At least they’ve weathered the one in the foreground though. For more sheep modelling... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006z39g/shaun-the-sheep 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) On 11/11/2023 at 11:17, Ian Morgan said: Having a road go under a rail bridge and then across a level crossing never looks convincing on a layout. On 28/01/2024 at 10:40, melmerby said: Even closer together (Waupaca, WI): No barrier either. The low level track is a loop off the high level track for access to a foundry How about a road going across a level crossing AND under a bridge at the same time... https://flic.kr/p/5VE3HC https://flic.kr/p/5VzUXB Edited February 4 by DavidBird 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4 12 minutes ago, DavidBird said: How about a road going across a level crossing AND under a bridge at the same time... https://flic.kr/p/5VE3HC https://flic.kr/p/5VzUXB and https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4912522,-2.690814,3a,75y,90.96h,101.87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssS6U69h1RCbaTcGGkAK-Jw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DsS6U69h1RCbaTcGGkAK-Jw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D10.568512%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu Andi 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 12 hours ago, DavidBird said: How about a road going across a level crossing AND under a bridge at the same time... All we need is a ( rail ) bus on the bridge an' the model's complete ! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 22 hours ago, DavidBird said: How about a road going across a level crossing AND under a bridge at the same time... 10 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: All we need is a ( rail ) bus on the bridge an' the model's complete ! With a barge canal and a tube tunnel underneath, for a four-level operation? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 .... plus, of course, Concorde hanging by a wire from the ceiling ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 05/02/2024 at 09:52, Wickham Green too said: All we need is a ( rail ) bus on the bridge an' the model's complete ! Like this? Ok, so the scenery needs a bit of work.... 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted February 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7 Far too many trains all running at once. Would you ever see this in real life? Apparrently it has happened. 16 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Busy fiddleyard operators! steve 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 2 hours ago, steve1 said: Busy fiddleyard operators! Not really- it was only one train one each track* ............................. would be interesting to know how long before the next train appeared ??!? * though there are actually FOUR SIX tracks on the overbridge - Chiltern were missing out on the party and could have made it TEN TWELVE trains !! Edited February 8 by Wickham Green too can't count 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 21 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: Far too many trains all running at once. Would you ever see this in real life? Apparrently it has happened. Obviously a big Roundy! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted February 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said: though there are actually FOUR tracks on the overbridge - Chiltern were missing out on the party and could have made it TEN trains !! There were six tracks last time I looked- there could have been fast Met trains as well, making twelve! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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