There is a D/P plate fixed to a wall at Bedale station (D towards Leeming Bar,P towards Redmire).
Would this be D for Darlington,P for Preston or some other meaning?
Re the concrete steps to get over fences a couple of pages ago.
There is at least one between Leyburn and Redmire on the Wensleydale Railway still existing.
I'll check more carefully next visit.
Andy
LNER Lineside Mileage Signs
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Re: LNER Lineside Mileage Signs
The DP post is a Distance Point or Datum Point. All NER stations had one at the average centre of the platforms so if the platforms were staggered either side of a level crossing the DP post would be beside the crossing.
I know the Bedale post very well because I put it there - the original one was missing and I used to volunteer in the signalbox, so inbetween trains I cut vegetation down and eventually I got round to digging the old gardens out. We had the post from somewhere else and I had a good photo of the original in situ so I worked out its position based on the pattern of the stonework behind.
BTW these posts were occasionally used at the start of branch lines and I know where there is still one in situ though obviously I'd better not say where lest it walk during the night.
I know the Bedale post very well because I put it there - the original one was missing and I used to volunteer in the signalbox, so inbetween trains I cut vegetation down and eventually I got round to digging the old gardens out. We had the post from somewhere else and I had a good photo of the original in situ so I worked out its position based on the pattern of the stonework behind.
BTW these posts were occasionally used at the start of branch lines and I know where there is still one in situ though obviously I'd better not say where lest it walk during the night.