Railway signposts do more than mark a crossing, station, or flag stop – they usually indicate the name and the position in miles from the start of the line. That’s quite handy when you’re trying to document where you saw something.
It makes my life a bit more difficult when the signposts have fallen into the ditch as a result of vandalism, accident, or old age, and have over the years become well hidden by vegetation.
In the long run it really does not matter, as the train don’t run here anymore…