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by Applehead137
Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:25 am
Forum: Crossing Signal Discussion
Topic: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Replies: 2376
Views: 1560419

Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals

Hi all does anyone know when Westinghouse stopped making the 1st generation hybrid bells and started making 2nd gen with what i can find on the internet it was in the 90s can anyone confirm that it was the 90s as i don't trust everything i see on the internet thanks all Westinghouse started making ...
by Applehead137
Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:05 am
Forum: Crossing Signal Discussion
Topic: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Replies: 2376
Views: 1560419

Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals

DSC_0037.jpg Would need to see a back view of the bell. Because it’s a 1st gen, it may have a build number of the back. The earlier 1st gens had that and you could use that to try tell where it came from although honestly there were so many 1st gens out there that weren’t documented and you can’t s...
by Applehead137
Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:52 am
Forum: Crossing Signal Discussion
Topic: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Replies: 2376
Views: 1560419

Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals

Sorry I haven’t been active on here for a while but I have noticed some very interesting things on streetview. Looking at the Western SG line between the SA border and Dimboola, I noticed a lot of the crossings are gateless setups that I think were installed with flashing lights around 1983-1984. Si...
by Applehead137
Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:14 am
Forum: Crossing Signal Discussion
Topic: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Replies: 2376
Views: 1560419

Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals

[quote=Applehead137 post_id=43380 time=<a href="tel:1597104930">1597104930</a> user_id=446] Another thing that shocked me was in the 99 one , Macaulay rd Kensington can be heard with the type 1 ebells so they would have been installed back in the late 90s ! Sorry for the late reply, but that's amaz...
by Applehead137
Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:15 pm
Forum: Crossing Signal Discussion
Topic: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Replies: 2376
Views: 1560419

Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals

Ok so to follow up LCFs last post on the removal of old equipment at allendale rd , I have seen pictures of the crossing taken by SBMetro pre stage 4 lockdown. Unfortunately the bells were obviously replaced by GS E-bells as well as the old lights and crossarms replaced by the new style Westinghouse...
by Applehead137
Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:26 pm
Forum: Crossing Signal Discussion
Topic: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Replies: 2376
Views: 1560419

Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals

So I recently noticed something after doing some research on first generation Westinghouse Hybrid bells . I noticed on the back some of them have a yellow marking engraved into the bell which has the number of the bell. These numbers r different to the numbers on the gong btw which some bells do hav...