Date filmed: 22/05/2022
Videos filmed between 14:33 and 14:51

Route: Echills Wood Miniature Railway

Location: Kingsbury Water Park, Kingsbury
Video guide:
Woods Level Crossing Lowering 1 - 0:00
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Lay-By Level Crossing - 1:34
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Woods Level Crossing Lowering 2 - 2:08
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Woods Level Crossing Lowering 3 - 3:50

A video featuring activations and miniature trains at these quirky miniature level crossings on the Echills Wood Railway, a 7-and-a-quarter inch gauge miniature railway which runs regular passenger services around Kingsbury Water Park, itself found a few miles south of Tamworth and a few miles east of Sutton Coldfield. Each level crossing is a miniature re-creation of those found on the main lines: one level crossing (Woods Level Crossing) has two full barriers and is operated from a small signal box next to it, and the other (Lay-by Level Crossing) is an un-gated level crossing. Both level crossings have alarms, but nothing is railway-standard, and the protective and warning equipment at each dates back to 2019. Each is found on the same private road / public footpath just over 100 metres apart.

The railway line has no timetable, but trains are reasonably frequent. Visit the railway here: https://www.ewr.org.uk/

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