The 1980 film, Used Cars, features a scene where one of the characters jumps over a moving train at a railroad crossing with a 70s Safetran install with 8 inch lights and a 2nd Gen Safetran mechanical bell mounted on a 5 inch adapter, strangely, it appears:
In Series 11, Episode 6 of Top Gear, Brayford level crossing can be briefly seen active in the background whilst Clarkson & May are looking for a place to charge their electric cars in Lincoln. - (4:42)
Another observation in an episode of Top Gear, this time from 2005. In the episode where Jeremy (in a Bugatti Veyron) races James & Richard (In a light aircraft) from Turin, Italy to Tower 42 in London, there is a short scene showing Jeremy stuck at a railway crossing in France (although incorrectly he labels the country as Switzerland)
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"Schoolgirls In Chains” 1973. Very messed up movie but look at these gates! They even used the real recording of the teardrop bell at the crossing!
Re: signals in the media
Posted: Sun May 03, 2026 6:49 am
by NathanFromEngland
Another crossing observed in Top Gear, this time with an episode from 2013.
In a challenge where Jeremy & James test crossover utility vehicles to find out which would best suit a caravanner. A driving scene features Milford Station level crossing can briefly be seen, with the shot taken from the stations footbridge.
(1:13) https://www.google.com/maps/place/Witle ... FQAw%3D%3D
The setup at the time lasted all the way up until last year, when the crossing was upgraded to an MCB-OD2 setup.