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Photo - Tim Gregson

The new west gate at Crakehall. (15/02/2023)

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Photo - Tim Gregson

The new east gate at Crakehall. The two gates, based on a NER design, replace four metal gates at the crossing. A red ribbon has been tied between gate posts. (15/02/2023)

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Photo - Tim Gregson

Crossing keeper Ian, opens the east gate at Crakehall for the first service train. (15/02/2023)

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Photo - Tim Gregson

The west gate at Crakehall is closed by Ian. (15/02/2023)

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Photo - Tim Gregson

Bob Coombs, who generously funded the new gates at Crakehall, prepares to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony. (15/02/2023)

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Photo - Tim Gregson

The cut ribbon drops away. Ian will shortly show a green flag allowing the first service train to traverse Crakehall crossing with the new gates. (15/02/2023)

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Photo - Tim Gregson

142060 leads a pair of pacers across the crossing, passing the new gates at Crakehall for the first time. (15/02/2023)

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Photo - Andy Glendinning

No more 'Crakehall Dance' in the wind. The old double section crossing gates recovered to Leeming Bar. (17/02/2023)

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Photo - Unknown Photographer

Bob Coombs on behalf of the railway has been awarded 'The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award' at the National Railway Heritage Awards Ceremony for his superb work on the replacement level crossing gates at Crakehall. (06/12/2023)

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Photo - Timothy Edwards

'The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award' which was awarded to the railway at the National Railway Heritage Awards Ceremony in December for Bob Coombs' superb work on the replacement level crossing gates at Crakehall. (12/12/2023)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
The plaque was unveiled by Lord Hendy (Chair of Network Rail) and the ceremony was attended by Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust and Tim Hedley-Jones, Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. They were joined by members of the National Railway Heritage Awards team, volunteers and staff from our railway, along with William Lambert, his wife Claire and daughter Rachel. William produced the superb gates at the Woodcraft Studio, Raygill House Farm, near Hawes. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
Seen here one of the new gates. (03/06/2024)

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Photo - Nick Keegan

We held a ceremony on 3 June at Crakehall Station to unveil the plaque awarded to Bob Coombs at the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards in London! The Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award was received for the replacement level crossing gates that Bob generously donated to our railway.
Seen here one of the new gates. (03/06/2024)

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