Very Rare Vertical Light at Marshbrook Level Crossing, Shropshire

Marshbrook Level Crossing, Marshbrook, Shropshire on the Welsh Marshes Line.
Location: B4370, Marshbrook
Date Filmed: 12-08-2021
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Nearest Station: Church Stretton
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Trains:
Class 175 (Transport for Wales)
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Featuring:
‪@UKLCSandT‬
Located between Craven Arms and Church Stretton stations, on the Welsh Marshes line. As of August 2021, this crossing has the last remaining vertical 'traffic-light style' warning light (wigwag) at a crossing in the UK, with a vertical arrangement of two red lights, with an amber light in the middle. The lights comprise of LED modules, but the warning light assembly remains original when this used to be a Forest City manufacture with halogen lights. In addition to the four other lights, there are two loud alarms and four barriers which were installed in 2018. The Marshbrook signal box is still operational and is where this crossing is controlled and monitored from. The surrounding area still uses semaphore signalling on the line.
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[@StagecoachMANALX300]

I love level crossings like these! Beautiful crossings in scenic countryside locations, retaining the style and design of the olden bygone days and furthermore, each crossing will probably still have it's own unique characteristics and catch the eye of local artists too. ;-)

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah I agree. Some are in really scenic locations and are very rural. I guess the location also adds to how each crossing is unique to another.

[@tammyjc15]

A credible rival to the lights at Minffordd 😁

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah definitely, but these are a bit more modern 😉

[@conrad1478]

I was gonna say this reminds me of Minffordd as well as Isle of Man crossings

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah they use the same type of warning lights

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

Nice! I know Elmswell once had 2 of them when it had halogens. This has to be on most bucket lists for people

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks. Yeah it did. Lincoln High Street also had one of those but it was tilted on its side. It was on my bucket list for a while but finally got it ticked off. Got a couple on my list for next year ;)

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel nice! I've got Sleaford East, Lincoln High Street, Grimsby and and Minehead, all of which I think I'm visiting. Also, I'd like to see most of Hertfordshire, again and Offord Cluny

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

@EastAngliaLC_UK Ah cool, sounds good. I could recommend some in Kent, Canterbury has several nice crossings in and around the area ;)

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel I know. Especially St Dunstans die to the rare Wigwag setup and East Farleigh has, always been cool to me. Also Sandwich because I like the name :)

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Awesome video! Glad to finally see a video from here of yours! 👌😁
I find that vertical light really quite unique and cool, and also quite like the configuration of the double lights across the road from it. Always good to see it controlled from the signal box which operates semaphores. Would love to visit here one day!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😁 Its certainly quite a unique crossing, especially with the vertical light. Since posting it seems like you finally did visit here in the end 😉

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 😁😁

[@sambee8982]

Across the UK, apart from the Marshbrook Level Crossing, the only other places that have vertical wigwags are the Minffordd Level Crossing in Wales (the only one to reuse Mellor traffic lights) and the Kingsferry Swing Bridge at the Isle Of Sheppey in Kent.
However, Lincoln High Street Level Crossing used to have one as well on that driveway from the car park, but that's now gone and replaced with a standard landscape wigwag opposite the driveway since the level crossing got upgraded in the late 2000's.

[@dennisthefireengine2761]

They look more like traffic light but instead of a white border around it’s has a red light instead of a amber light

[@sambee8982]

I've also seen a level crossing that used to have a horizontal wigwag; the one at Lincoln High Street. I don't know why it used to have that layout on one of it's wigwags though....

[@SpainTrafficLights]

Simply love the vertical lights, I haven't seen any of them until now!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

They are very rare in the UK. This is the last one at a crossing in England.

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

Let's hope it stays that way, or whether we may get a no er crossing with this type of LED Wigwag. Shame the vertical light doesn't exist as a halogen any more

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

The only place it does is the Kingsferry bridge in Kent

[@SN06BNF]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannelWhat About Minffordd?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

@SN06BNF Ah yes, I forgot to mention Minffordd. It still has Halogen lights I believe.

[@plinkplanky]

Looked like just one set vertical... Experimental perhaps? Nice find!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😎 I don't believe these lights are supposed to exist or be used at crossings in the UK. There were a few of these light designs around in the 1990s and 2000s, but they've since all been replaced. This is the last remaining one in England. It seems that the layout would need to change for a different light to be fitted here, as there is very limited space because of the side road.

[@levelcrossingskid2544]

Very cool vertical lights

[@ArcticsRBLX]

It very cool for me to see this because I have never seen anything like that before. Very cool!

[@AutoUnder]

Love the vertical wigwag here. I’m quite surprised they replaced the original halogen one with an LED version but I’m glad they did!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, it seems a narrow light would be slightly too big unless the pole is moved slightly. Good to see its lasted so long.

[@pigeonsandtrafficlights8999]

Fabulous video mate great weather that looks like a traffic light it very good looking 🚦

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😎👍

[@TheNewPentafreak]

They have these style lights in the Isle of Man

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah they do. I believe they use this light design at all their crossings

[@claireboyce]

I like all level crossings

[@HarryPat13Channel]

Would there be a horizontal light in the UK? 🔴🟡🔴 The three balls look like that.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

There isn't any like that anymore unfortunately.

[@sambee8982]

If you think that vertical wigwags are rare, I've once seen a level crossing that used to have a horizontal wigwag as the one at Lincoln High Street used to have one of these on one of it's wigwags a long time ago until it was upgraded.....

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video! Certainly the last one Network Rail owns, at least. Love the semaphores as well!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😎 Yeah it is I think. Its nice to see semaphores still around on these rather quiet lines. Gives you a feel of what all the Railways were like before colour-signals took over

[@theDancingDragonfly]

Woah! Nice find!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😊

[@WMRailSpotter]

That alarm sounds like barmouth souths old alarms

[@FREIGHTLINER66540]

Loud alarm!!

[@wanderingstepsandslowcraft8474]

Nice Find

[@ChilternRailPhotography]

Cool is that light unipart rail by any chance?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

The individual light modules are Unipart Rail yeah, but the light backboard was originally made by a company called Forest City

[@wanderingstepsandslowcraft8474]

Awesome video uk levels is that in Scotland

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Its in Marshbrook, Shropshire

[@PanferriDPMO]

I don't think this is the only vertical wigwag in the UK, there is/was a crossing in Minffordd, Gwynedd, Wales that is/was an AOCL with all 4 wigwags vertical.

[@joemercedeschannel196]

Wigwag that you pointed out looks like a traffic light

[@trafficlightcollection99]

Left: Vertical railway signal
Right: Horizontal railway signal

[@AndyK.1]

The road seams to run parallel with the rail, so the normal level X light could be seen by road users from a long distance. The vertical one seams more of a secondary one when close to the crossing

[@maimadha]

Great video

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😊

[@williamhuang8309]

I was expecting the bottom light to be green

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

It is set-up like a standard warning light, with the yellow light on, followed by alternating flashing red lights.

[@LucasAldous]

I believe they have gotten rid of the vertical lights I passed by there on my way to our holiday house and I didn’t catch them.

[@vancouverelevators_transit]

Awesome!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😁

[@rhysrobertstransportationa1668]

Pls do Wrexham (croesnewedd) if your ever in the area

[@user-dq3ci3dz9g]

I swear they just took an old traffic light and just changed the green led to a red led

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Its a purposely designed light so this wouldn't have had a green lens fitted previously :)

[@NELincsTransport]

Good video

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😎

[@southwestlevelcrossingsmore983]

how often do the trains come?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Usually two trains pass every hour

[@George_M55729]

That may very well be the only vertical LED wig wag in existence

[@yabbaguy]

Minffordd LC is all vertical!

[@George_M55729]

@@yabbaguy With all due respect; last time I checked, Minffordd uses mellor traffic lights as vertical wig wags. And they use halogen lamps, not LEDs. If that changed in the recent past, fair enough. I'll stand corrected. But last time I checked, it was halogen.

[@yabbaguy]

@@George_M55729 Oh, you said LED. my bad. 🙃

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

There are LED vertical wigwags at crossings on the Isle of Man. They seem to have that sort of lights design over there. However, I don't believe the island is part of the UK.

[@user-iz5wj7gr6q]

@@George_M55729 they already changed

[@wupperblaulicht3501]

Nice video! :)

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😎

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

Quite quirky to have vertical lights.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, they're very unique and interesting to see in operation.

[@K-o-R]

I wonder why they have the lights in that configuration; it doesn't seem to be space-constrained in any way.

[@AndyK.1]

Not to block the signal box man’s view ?

[@springy_afton_official]

Like a traffic light

[@bautimayer6462]

Saludos desde argentina

[@abey616]

This was also a Roblox game!

[@boeing747_24]

It looks like a broken traffic light

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

A traffic light with flashing red lights 😊

[@busestransporta-z781]

Lever

[@bautimayer6462]

Minffordd level crossing

[@juoig7799]

If you make the vertical wigwag horizontal, you get yourself a cheap knock-off of a US level crossing.

[@SN06BNF]

Ok

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

OK, I've done that lol

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

What about Crosby, Merseyside (official name is Brook Hall crossing) ;)

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel alr