Trainspotter who put a railway in his garden to fool motorists into slowing down

As roadside features go, it is certainly an arresting sight.

So much so that speeding motorists have for once been slowing down to check trainspotter Eddie Knorn's front garden - complete with the 58ft railway carriage - is not a level crossing.



But while neighbours have welcomed its calming effect on the accident blackspot through Wardle, in Cheshire, council busybodies have ruled it is a hazard to motorists and must go.

The decision followed a visit by a planning inspector who said the blue and light grey carriage was a potential distraction to road users.