JBaulch wrote:Level crossing trivia
Question 1: Do you prefer mechanical bells or ebells?
Question 2: What is your favourite mechanical bell?
Question 3: What is your favourite ebell?
Question 4: Do you prefer crossbucks or red background crossbucks?
Question 5: What is your favourite level crossing?
Question 6: Do you prefer wishbone gates or flat gates?
Question 7: Do you prefer incandescent or LED lights?
Question 8: What sign do you prefer at a passive crossing?
A. Give Way
B. Stop
C. Hazard Triangle
Question 9: What is you favourite boom gate mechanism?
Question 10: Do you prefer black or white "stop on red signal signs"?
Question 11: What are your favourite lights? (It is not incandescent or LED)
Question 12: What is your favourite level crossing ahead sign?
Q.1 Definitely mechanical bells!
Q.2 It’s a hard choice but a nice healthy sounding teardrop would have to be my favourite but I like every mechanical bell.
Q.3 WCH e-bells are my favourite.
Q.4 Definitely prefer the normal crossbucks over the red ones.
Q.5 Sadly my favourite level crossing has since been removed but it was Station Ln, Lochinvar:
https://goo.gl/maps/MXDKGr5U3DL2 I saw the crossing active almost every weekend when I was younger and I can always remember the sounds of the Federal Signal and WCH m-bells. The crossing was replaced by a bridge in 2012.
Q.6 Wishbone gates, especially the older black and white ones with lantern lights.
Q.7 Incandescent lights.
Q.8 My answer is C hazard triangle.
Q.9 My favourite gate mechanism would be a GRS/WRRS Type B.
Q.10 I prefer the older black SORS sign.
Q.11 My favourite lights are Mckenzie & Holland incandescents.
Q.12 It would be the hazard triangle with “rail crossing” sign such as this:
https://goo.gl/maps/MLEu5s6aEYH2
Sorry for changing the topic but I got a bit of a late Christmas present yesterday in the form of the Modern Industries mechanical bell from Brook St, Muswellbrook!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/19 ... dbcfe53f62
My Dad managed to get it off ARTC through their disposal process after it was replaced. The bell has the serial number of 2213, model number of 21001-01 and appears to have been manufactured on the 4-11-84. I have also had the bell connected to power and it sounded ok but makes a bit of clicking and is a bit slower than what it sounded like in service. It also struggles to get going at times.
This bell is also a bit more unique in that it is mounted on a WCH m-bell base. I’m also going to give the bell a good clean as there is quite a lot of dust and other muck around the coils as well as some lubrication which will hopefully make it ring better. But either way, I am very thankful I have this bell and it would be the rarest (in Australia) I have in my collection!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139253871 ... ed-public/
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Here’s some photos of the crossing I took as well as a great video taken by member of the forum, McK&H.Aust of the crossing when it had the MI bell and a WCH m-bell.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139253871 ... ed-public/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/139253871 ... ed-public/
https://youtu.be/we_7RF0z85k
Both bells were replaced by WCH e-bells sometime in the few months.