page_title: Ribble Steam Railway
section_title: Strand Road Crossing
hierarchical_section_title: Ribble Steam Railway / Strand Road Crossing
caption_attribution_description: English: Red Flag man The open level crossing on Strand Road, Preston in 1989 with an oil train leaving Preston Docks. Two men with red flags stopped the traffic on what was then the main A59 route (before the Penwortham bridge was built). The placing of the signal just to the left of the locomotive is bizarre.
context_page_description: The Ribble Steam Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. It was opened to the public on 17 September 2005, running along Preston Docks. The railway began by housing much of the collection from the previously closed Southport Railway Museum, which was based in the old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway engine shed at Southport.
  The railway lines around Preston Dock largely fell into disuse after the closure of the docks. A preservation group that was operating in Southport relocated to Preston in 1999 and started operations as the Ribble Steam Railway in 2005. Its operations base is at Preston Riverside but they run trains as far as Strand Road although there is no facility for locomotives to run round their train here.
  The Riverside station is quite a way from Preston city centre, but proposals have been made for a platform to be constructed at Strand Road. This would be close to the Portway terminus of the Preston park and ride service, Guild Wheel walking trail and the River Ribble.
context_section_description: Strand Road Crossing (53°45′21″N 2°43′3″W) is a level crossing in Preston, Lancashire. It is situated on a freight-only branch line from Preston railway station which is used by trains serving Preston Docks. The Ribble Steam Railway terminates adjacent to the level crossing and it is proposed that a station should be built on the site.
caption: A train crossing Strand Road towards the docks in 1989
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