Thanks for the update I was planing to see the crossing this weekend as I am pretty sure the road was widened and the signal with the WCH e-bell moved slightly. The Type 3 was dying as it sounded intermittently in June so I guess it died. The WCH e-bell would’ve been installed during a shutdown on the 13th of October to the 15th.McK&H.Aust wrote:Another Safetran Type 3 bites the dust! This time at Clyde St, Islington Junction. Went past here yesterday and the older model Safetran Type 3 on this signal has been replaced by a WCH e-bell. It's only happened in the last week or two https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.911 ... 312!8i6656
Makes me think I would like to film the crossing If I ever got the chance, as a Safetran Type 3 and WCH e-bell combo is fairly rare, also the signal in question has recycled cast iron counterweight arms which is interesting.
Also noticed some GSV updates in the same area, the Cormorant Rd crossing on the Cargill Siding at Kooragang has had the hybrid bells replaced by WCH e-bells.
August 2017:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.886 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.886 ... 312!8i6656
May 2018:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.886 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.886 ... 312!8i6656
It’s a shame the hybrids at Cormorant Rd are gone now but they were dying. The one on this signal https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.886 ... 312!8i6656 was dead in December 2017 whilst the other sounded very flat. Seeing at though the crossing is so close to the ocean and Hunter River, I wonder if the salty air contributed to the hybrids dying?