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russlynch

Langley Mill Railway Crossings replied on: 2/11/2006 6:36:23 PM speaking of the crossing which i only remember as the 'duram ox crossing'.When I was about three or four years old I constantly would nag my older brother to take me to his den which was near harrys pond (just up the line behind the duram ox pub).I remember I was amazed that my bro and his mates had got an old 'pump' truck on the lines and would race it flat out up and down the track when no coal trains were running on sundays.This was all great fun til my uncle saw us crossing cromford rd on the thing one sunday afternoon,I remember my mum going mad at my brother about it saying "its a good job our russell wasn't with ya" what little did she know :-) lucky for me my uncle was a little worse for wear that day on his way home from the Top house and never saw me,only my brother.This was about 1981 shortly atfer this some sections of the track were removed near the crossing presumably as the line was no longer in use and it also helped stop my bro getting nicked for playin train drivers!!

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