Overweight wagons a cause of Crabtree Swing Bridge problems
Published: Thursday, 25 June 2020
IT WOULD seem that overweight waggons using the Crabtree Swing Bridge could be a cause of its problems.
I have experienced the problem at Crabtree Swing Bridge on the L&L a few years ago, writes Sam Bennett.
Locking lever
The locking lever would neither pull up nor push down because the lock bar was not in the gate frame.
I was told by the publican of the adjacent pub, a certain Mr Davis, that it happens a lot due to over-weightlimit wagons using the bridge as a shortcut to the nearby industrial estate.