Stairs to nowhere

Possibly these belong to the railway for, in the past, exchanging safeworking tokens which control sections of single track to ensure that only one train is in the section at one time. The tokens, aka staffs, were exchanged between signaller and driver attached to a cane hoop. This meant a train only had to slow down rather than stop when the next single section was available. The steps would have been mounted close to the track with the platform about half an arm's length clearance to the train.

Not much detail but see here www.ipernity.com/doc/grahamh/24210509/in/album/468989

Mmmmmh, I constantly live a paradox: my job is to work with families, young people, migrants, refugees. I love everything is about human. However I also need to stay where there is... "nothing". It's maybe a way to refill myself to continue my job. So, I think I really would like to stay for a while in your western side which can be rude and rugged but also really welcoming (this my experience of a US trip many years ago) . I mean, I also live in area where mountains are wild , steep and silent. However it's not the same as your, how can I say?, different landscape: sometimes it's useful to change... But I don't think that this is a good moment to get to the US; your new president seems to be unattractive...

Hi, Graham, I know what you mean. These are too far away from the track, though, and angled to face where I think grain trucks drive into (or, out of) the yard. I assumed this is for the purpose of handing something to, or taking something from, the driver. What that could be, I don't know, but the platform is the right height for the truck driver's window.

Or, it's for something I can't even imagine! ;-)