BRITRAIL THREE

A member of the train crew chats on the station platform as an InterCity 125 train waits to depart on its next high speed run.

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There was some very aged equipment providing local passenger service on Britrail in 1987.

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An old semaphore signal and a classic control tower (or watchman's tower) were still operating in 1987.

Look closely.  The crossing gate just beyond the tower is closing the railroad rather than the street.

Apparently the crossing gate is opened only when a train goes through the crossing.

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One local train prepares to pass another one somewhere in rural England.

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