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its not very often you find something from the past that hasnt been either modernised left to decay or has been subject to the demolition mans hammer there are still bits around if you know where to look.
one such place is godnow bridge level crossing near crowle in lincolnshire.
bulit by the south yorkshire railway in 1859 who also owned the canal alongside the railway
godnow bridge also had a halt built at the same time between medge hall and crowle with godnow bridge halt closing in 1917 and medge hall in 1960 with the SYR being absorbed by the manchester sheffield and lincoln railway in 1864 becoming the great central in 1897.
today godnow bridge defies modern barriers by virtue of the canal opposite the cabin as it requires the crossing keeper to close the railway crossing and the canal crossing to allow swinging of the bridge to allow pleasure craft to pass.
godnow bridge is one of 3 mechanical crossings on the doncaster to cleethorpes via scunthorpe line the other two being at keadby and as mentioned medge hall.
wether medge hall may be modernised in the future is unknown but keadby and godnow will remain so by virtue of the canal requiring a 24 hour prescence for freight trains from immingham once passenger services have ended for the day.
so for the time being these 3 rural relics will continue to delight railway photographers,pleasure craft owners and fishermen to years to come as another trans pennine train snakes around the curves en route to manchester .
the crossing box from godnow road this is a totally remote location crowle being about a mile and a half behind us
the crossing infomation board
godnow bridge originally called godknow bridger from the keadby canal side
the canal bridge and railway crossing it requires the crossing keeper to close both the railway and canal gate to allow pleasure craft to pass
and a very popular location for maggot dangling
a full view of godnow bridge from the lane
apart from the couple of houses its a remote and tranquil place
the canal gate
the keadby looking towards scunthorpe further up the canal is navigable to large ships as far as althorpe wharf the railway follows the canal on the left
the railway and canal looking towards medge hall
as a colas rail oil train heads back to immingham and a first trans pennine dashes by en route from cleethorpes to manchester airport
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its not very often you find something from the past that hasnt been either modernised left to decay or has been subject to the demolition mans hammer there are still bits around if you know where to look.
one such place is godnow bridge level crossing near crowle in lincolnshire.
bulit by the south yorkshire railway in 1859 who also owned the canal alongside the railway
godnow bridge also had a halt built at the same time between medge hall and crowle with godnow bridge halt closing in 1917 and medge hall in 1960 with the SYR being absorbed by the manchester sheffield and lincoln railway in 1864 becoming the great central in 1897.
today godnow bridge defies modern barriers by virtue of the canal opposite the cabin as it requires the crossing keeper to close the railway crossing and the canal crossing to allow swinging of the bridge to allow pleasure craft to pass.
godnow bridge is one of 3 mechanical crossings on the doncaster to cleethorpes via scunthorpe line the other two being at keadby and as mentioned medge hall.
wether medge hall may be modernised in the future is unknown but keadby and godnow will remain so by virtue of the canal requiring a 24 hour prescence for freight trains from immingham once passenger services have ended for the day.
so for the time being these 3 rural relics will continue to delight railway photographers,pleasure craft owners and fishermen to years to come as another trans pennine train snakes around the curves en route to manchester .
the crossing box from godnow road this is a totally remote location crowle being about a mile and a half behind us
the crossing infomation board
godnow bridge originally called godknow bridger from the keadby canal side
the canal bridge and railway crossing it requires the crossing keeper to close both the railway and canal gate to allow pleasure craft to pass
and a very popular location for maggot dangling
a full view of godnow bridge from the lane
apart from the couple of houses its a remote and tranquil place
the canal gate
the keadby looking towards scunthorpe further up the canal is navigable to large ships as far as althorpe wharf the railway follows the canal on the left
the railway and canal looking towards medge hall
as a colas rail oil train heads back to immingham and a first trans pennine dashes by en route from cleethorpes to manchester airport
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I never went in the ryton under the town centre, when I worked there recently, though - too much stoopy silty stuff
