2008
SO6510 : Gatekeepers cottage, Soudley, Forest of Dean
taken 15 years ago, near to Upper Soudley, Gloucestershire, England
Gatekeepers cottage, Soudley, Forest of Dean
At one time this cottage housed the keeper of the level crossing for the single track railway line that went along what is now a patch of grass beside the cottage. The gatekeeper was also responsible for the receipt and despatch of trains through the tunnel behind the cottage that was driven through Bradley Hill. Each engine driver had to take a token from the gatekeeper and surrender it at the other end of the tunnel - so that it was impossible for there to be two trains in the tunnel at any one time.
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