GWR Route: Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch

Great Alne Station: gwrga796

Looking towards Spencer's level crossing at the Bearley end of Great Alne goods yard with the gatekeepers cottage around the bend in the distance, approximately 400 yards from this point. A small brick built cottage was provided for the Spencer’s Level Crossing gate keeper adjacent to which was a three-lever Ground Frame, which controlled the level crossing bolts and the up and down distance signals. The gates were hand operated. From when the Branch Line reopened in 1923 until its temporary closure in 1939, the gate keeper was Mrs Kate Jeffs.

Robert Ferris

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