170109 working the 09.22 Birmingham to Cambridge Crosscountry service leaves Oakham station crossing the busy level crossing that blights motorists and other road users in the town. Able-bodied pedestrians fare better as they can use the footbridge that I am standing on to take this photograph. Notice the well-kept and recently repainted 1899 Midland signal box that operates a number of semaphores in the area under absolute block and, of course, the crossing gates.
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