Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
Scruton Level Crossing Gate Installation
by the Direct Works Team
The new level crossing gates were installed at Scruton level crossing on April 21st 2015 just in time for the Heritage Award inspections. Below is a photographic record of that work
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Photo - John Tong
Removing one of the old east crossing gates at Scruton (20/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Removing one of the old east crossing gates at Scruton (20/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Both east crossing gates at Scruton have been removed (20/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Removing one of the old west crossing gates at Scruton (20/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
All old crossing gates at Scruton have now been removed (20/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Preparing one of the old crossing gate brackets for re-use at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
More work on the old crossing gate metalwork at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The new crossing gates arriving on site at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The trailer with the new crossing gates positioned ready for use out of the way of traffic at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The first crossing gate being lifted off the trailer at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The first crossing gate being manoeuvred into position at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The first crossing gate nearly manoeuvred into position at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The first new level crossing gate at Scruton being positioned (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Checking that the new crossing gate is positioned properly at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The second crossing gate being lifted off the trailer at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The second crossing gate being manoeuvred into position at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The second Scruton crossing gate is nearly there (21/04/2015)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
At the National Heritage Railway Awards in London on 7th December 2016, the railway achieved the award of highly commended for the new Scruton Crossing Gates.
The photo shows the presentation - Tug Lee and Peter Chapman who are receiving the Stagecoach Volunteers Award for the construction of the crossing gates at Scruton. The gates were built and installed by volunteers of the Direct Works Team. (07/12/2016)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - John Tong
The second Scruton crossing gate is nearly there (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The second Scruton crossing gate is temporarily secured in position (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The second Scruton crossing gate is finally in position (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Both Scruton crossing gates are now in position (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Fixing the hinge brackets to the first Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Fixing the hinge brackets to the first Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Fitting the supporting strain wire to the first Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Tightening up the Scruton crossing gate support strain wire (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Checking the operation of the first Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Painting of the first Scruton crossing gate commenced immediately (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Whilst the Scruton crossing gates were being installed, the mini-digger was busy working moving a mound of earth beside the track (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Another view of the mini-digger at work at Scruton (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The painting of the first Scruton crossing gate continues (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Fixing the hinge brackets to the second Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Fixing the hinge brackets to the second Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Fitting the supporting strain wire to the Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The supporting strain wire has been fitted to the Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Checking the operation of the second Scruton crossing gate (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Adjusting the tension on the Scruton crossing gate supporting wire (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The second new level crossing gate at Scruton is now installed (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
At the end of the day - installation complete - Just the painting to finish (21/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
A vintage coach was used as part of the Scruton official reopening celebrations - Seen here at Leeming Bar (25/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The coach arrived at Scruton (25/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The completed gates at Scruton all nicely painted ready for the official reopening day on 25th April 2015 (25/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Opening the new Scruton level crossing gates for the train (25/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Opening the new Scruton level crossing gates for the train (25/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Waiting for the train to cross the crossing at the official reopening of Scruton Station (25/04/2015)
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