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« on: July 26, 2026, 16:50:56 »
This time, man's best friend causing the train to paws...



I'll leave others to comment on the merits, or otherwise, of trespassing instead of waiting for railway staff, and crawling under a train...
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2026, 16:58:32 »
A year ago, it ought to be said. Not recent.
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2026, 17:57:46 »
Oddly the Paignton masterplan of 2015 envisaged an open crossing with no cars, only pedestrians. The trains would be going as in this case slow enough to stop. A Voyager is shown in the image. The tall statement building is on the site of Poundland and SportsDirect.

[Image from here is not available to guests]Paignton Town Square 2015 adopted masterplan by Robert, on Flickr
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