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Location notes
Tallington is a peaceful rural village in the middle of Lincolnshire, between Grantham and Peterborough on the East Coast Main Line.
Railway type and traffic
Tallington is on the East Coast so therefore there will be a lot of traffic on a weekday. You are likely to see are East Coast 91+MkIV sets and HSTs, A daily Grand Central HST working. East Midlands Trains 158s feature on an hourly service to and from Norwich and Liverpool.
The Freight Traffic at Tallington is a lot less then Peterborough station but you are likely to see GBRf 66s on Intermodals and engineers trains, DB Schenker 66s on Intermodals and a couple of Freightliner 66s.
During the night hours freight does increase and the chance for an DB Schenker class 92 from Doncaster on a steel train is high.
The Freight Traffic at Tallington is a lot less then Peterborough station but you are likely to see GBRf 66s on Intermodals and engineers trains, DB Schenker 66s on Intermodals and a couple of Freightliner 66s.
During the night hours freight does increase and the chance for an DB Schenker class 92 from Doncaster on a steel train is high.
Environment
Tallington is a rural quiet village, so you are reasonably safe, but as always be vigilant.
Road directions
From Stamford follow the A16 towards Market Deeping and Tallington is about 10 minutes from Stamford. Expect a lot of traffic on the A16 so often can be more then 10 minute drive from Stamford.
From Market Deeping follow the A16 to Stamford Tallington is about 2 - 3 miles down the road.
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Tallington Level Crossing map co-ordinates
From Market Deeping follow the A16 to Stamford Tallington is about 2 - 3 miles down the road.
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Tallington Level Crossing map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a pub opposite the crossing called 'The Whistle Stop' with a car park. Or you can use the petrol station car park.
Public transport
There is a two hourly bus service to and from Stamford Bus station, this is is route 203 operated by Delaine Buses.
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Amenities
There are no public toilets. There is a petrol station with a shop which has a wide range of drinks, food and news papers or ,if you like a cooked lunch, there is a pub opposite the fuelling station.
Accommodation
There is no known accommodation facilities within Tallington.
Sun Compass
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Tallington Level Crossing
Streetmap links
Tallington Level Crossing general view map
Tallington Level Crossing close up map
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Tallington Level Crossing
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Tallington Level Crossing
Googly map
Tallington Level Crossing general view map
Tallington Level Crossing close up map
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Tallington Level Crossing
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Photographic notes
When shooting in the morning in sun its best to shoot north on the down side of the track. After midday best to shoot south on the down side of the tracks. There is a bridge at the crossing so its strongly advisable to use the bridge for photos.
For videos this is a great location for trains at speed, with workings sounding their horns on the approach to the southern foot crossing.
For videos this is a great location for trains at speed, with workings sounding their horns on the approach to the southern foot crossing.
General views - All photographs © Luke Putland unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
Fig 2 - Looking north
Fig 3 - Looking north
A loco in the Tallington works sidings.
Location Video
A 9 minute video of the passings through Tallington.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
