signals in the media

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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri May 05, 2017 1:48 am

TrickyMario7654 wrote:I've seen a few bits of the 1999 Australian film "The Wog Boy", and a suburban Melbourne level crossing is been briefly seen in the movie.
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There's a Yarraville station sign near the crossing (I know it's hard to see since the photo I took was blurry), so that means the crossing seen is Anderson Street, Yarraville.
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Here's the crossing today. Hardly anything has changed since 1999!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.816 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like those bells must be Barker Technic E-Bells!
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Re: signals in the media

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Fri May 05, 2017 1:53 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:I've seen a few bits of the 1999 Australian film "The Wog Boy", and a suburban Melbourne level crossing is been briefly seen in the movie.
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There's a Yarraville station sign near the crossing (I know it's hard to see since the photo I took was blurry), so that means the crossing seen is Anderson Street, Yarraville.
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Here's the crossing today. Hardly anything has changed since 1999!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.816 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like those bells must be Barker Technic E-Bells!
They are. As I've mentioned in the post, the crossing has pretty much remained the same over the past 18 years.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun May 07, 2017 7:40 am

Theres an episode from Rescue 911 from the early 1990's that shows two runaway boxcars that involve a railway crossing in some parts of the episode.

I'm not going to reveal too much otherwise i'm spoiling it for any people that are interested into watching the part of the episode.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by cabman701 » Mon May 08, 2017 2:19 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Theres an episode from Rescue 911 from the early 1990's that shows two runaway boxcars that involve a railway crossing in some parts of the episode.

I'm not going to reveal too much otherwise i'm spoiling it for any people that are interested into watching the part of the episode.
That was one of my favorite shows back in the day. There are several train related episodes out there on YouTube. It's funny... I remember watching the original episodes on CBS when they were new (sometimes had to set the old VCR to record them)!

Watching them now they look so "old". The editing in some of those is sub-par at best.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:06 am

Found this string of advertisements that two advertisements involve a railroad crossing.

The timemarks for the adverts are here.
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Warning! The advertisements are in Russian, but the translation of what you should not do is shown at the end of every advertisements.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:31 am

Episode 175 of the Australian TV Series "Homicide" featured the Tooronga Road Level Crossing, located in Malvern, VIC.


I love the sound of those old Teardrop bells. :TUP2:

Here's the crossing today and yes, those are the same signals seen in the clip (some of the SORS signs are original too).
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.850 ... 312!8i6656

Sadly, the Teardrop bells had been replaced years ago (likely with hybrid bells, which were replaced with e-bells between 2007-2009).
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.850 ... 312!8i6656

The crossing also got an LED upgrade in recent years. Here's the crossing with the original McK&H lights in 2013.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.850 ... 312!8i6656

But, I'm pretty sure this crossing retains it's original gate mechs (WRRS). :TUP1:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.849 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:56 pm

TrickyMario7654 wrote:Episode 175 of the Australian TV Series "Homicide" featured the Tooronga Road Level Crossing, located in Malvern, VIC.


I love the sound of those old Teardrop bells. :TUP2:

Here's the crossing today and yes, those are the same signals seen in the clip (some of the SORS signs are original too).
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.850 ... 312!8i6656

Sadly, the Teardrop bells had been replaced years ago (likely with hybrid bells, which were replaced with e-bells between 2007-2009).
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.850 ... 312!8i6656

The crossing also got an LED upgrade in recent years. Here's the crossing with the original McK&H lights in 2013.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.850 ... 312!8i6656

But, I'm pretty sure this crossing retains it's original gate mechs (WRRS). :TUP1:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.849 ... 312!8i6656
I actually wonder why somebody would actually use a video editor on a 50 second video looped.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 5:42 pm

At the beginning of the 1980 film "Caddyshack", there's a four-way intersection crossing which has a signal with a WRRS gate mech, wishbone gate, and 8-inch lights.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:48 pm

I saw a Powerade commercial earlier while in my hotel room on TV that shows a railroad crossing in one scene. However the shot is relatively far and its hard to see the signals due to the shot being taken sometime late at night. Its not hard to see the RXR marking though. When i find the commercial, I'll post the ad link.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by cabman701 » Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:41 am

TrickyMario7654 wrote:At the beginning of the 1980 film "Caddyshack", there's a four-way intersection crossing which has a signal with a WRRS gate mech, wishbone gate, and 8-inch lights.
I forgot about that one! It's been a long time since I have seen that movie. I found a pirated copy of it on Youtube. Here is a still with the signal in it.
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According to a website about the movie, the crossing still exists, it is in South Pasadena at the corner of Merdian and Mission St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1155609 ... 312!8i6656
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