Corrimal, Australia

[McK&H.Aust]

This is the Railway St crossing at Corrimal NSW, Australia. It is located in the northern suburbs of Wollongong and sees frequent passenger trains to & from Sydney, plus a healthy variety of freight trains. The current signals were installed in 2011 and surprisingly have new WCH m-bells for the road crossing plus WCH e-bells for the pedestrian crossings. The e-bells are well hidden in specially made round housings that remind me of outdoor lights. The road gate mechs are WCH while the pedestrian gates are made by Magnetic Autocontrol. All of the lights are made by United Group (formerly Alstom). The mechanical bells are connected to a timer and are switched off late at night between 22:00 and 06:00, leaving only the e-bells still operating.

This crossing has special meaning for me as it was the first one I ever saw when I was 3 years old, I have been fascinated with crossings ever since. Back then it had WRRS/GRS type B gate mechs, McKenzie & Holland lights and a McK&H teardrop bell, plus a WCH m-bell. The pedestrian crossings used to have GRS semaphore mechs.

The crossing on GSV https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.374 ... 312!8i6656