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I went out for a drive yesteday and took this photo of Lincoln Road Level Crossing which is close to Enfield Town Station where I worked on steam many years ago.

It has not changed a great deal except for the overhead wires, the yobs burned the traditional line-side crossing keeper's hut down (replaced by a portacabin) around twelve years back,

The traditional cast iron lamp casings with red bulls-eyes, which housed paraffin oil lamps, and were mounted on top of each gate have been replaced with battery powered lights. Are there many of these manually operated level crossings left.