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As of December of 2016, they're still there!ToledoRailfan wrote:G.R.S Lex-c lights in Brompton, South Australia. https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.901775 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.901812 ... 6656?hl=en
With they way Metro are going it's more likely to be a few monthsTrickyMario7654 wrote:Not to mention, the Melbourne to Adelaide line is full of e-bells now!McK&H.Aust wrote:Great pictures, looks like you had a good trip away. Nice to see the teardrop bell still at Hamilton, I think that means there is a good chance of the other teardrop bells on the line still being there too. I actually think it's a positive thing that the lights were upgraded to LED, it probably means they are happy leave the bell and the rest of the crossing alone.
I visited Adelaide in 2013 and was shocked by the amount of e-bells over there, they were pretty much all Safetran type 3 and it got boring real fast! There were only a handful of m-bells and they are probably gone by now, looking at streetview it seems that all of SA is now Safetran type 3 e-bells.
Within a few years, the whole of Melbourne will be filled with crappy General Signals e-Bells!
That teardrop bell was cast iron. Notice how quickly the red background on the new crossbuck has faded!TrickyMario7654 wrote:Also, this crossing in Wallan had a hybrid bell mounted on a Teardrop post.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.419 ... 312!8i6656
The other side also had a Teardrop bell!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.419 ... 312!8i6656
Sadly, this crossing was upgraded with the same boring equipment as elsewhere.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.419 ... 312!8i6656
They also caught the new crossing active.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.419 ... 312!8i6656
Hopefully they are too busy upgrading the gate-less crossings to do anything to Nunn St. ARTC probably won't be in a hurry to upgrade it unless the VIC government throws in some money.TrickyMario7654 wrote:The Nunn Street crossing in Benalla probably isn't safe either. I bet they have some 'upgrade' planned for it too.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.545 ... 312!8i6656
Sure why not, time to tackle the metro menaceTrickyMario7654 wrote:Out of all seriousness, I think we should start a group dedicated to saving the remaining hybrid bells in use in Melbourne.
Lots of those light green signs have been popping up in NSW too. There are a few in my area and after about 6 months the green has began to fade and they look more like the normal yellow signs. Not sure if that is meant to happen.TrickyMario7654 wrote:This is an odd looking 'Crossing Ahead' sign. At first glance, nothing seems off about it. But if you look carefully, it's actually light green!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.730 ... 312!8i6656
That's not the only odd thing in this area. There's also an old 'Commonwealth Bicentennial Road Project' sign near the crossing! I wonder what the project was about and why the sign is still standing after nearly 30 years?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.730 ... 312!8i6656
Nice to see those Lex-c lights still holding on. Not sure if there is anyone from SA on the forum who could get some photos. I notice that the signal bases have the newer GRS logo, so it's probably safe to assume that the gate mechs are GRS too.ToledoRailfan wrote:As of December of 2016, they're still there!ToledoRailfan wrote:G.R.S Lex-c lights in Brompton, South Australia. https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.901775 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.901812 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.901802 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.901720 ... 6656?hl=en
Pretty sure the bell is a WCH, as the bell door has the bolt style locking mechanism that WCH uses. WRRS bells have the hasp locking mechanism.TrickyMario7654 wrote:Some interesting upgrades done to all the level crossings beyond Keon Park station as part of the South Morang rail extension project, which saw the track on this section of the line duplicated.
The last crossing is Childs Road, Epping.
Before: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.659 ... 312!8i6656
After: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.659 ... 312!8i6656
The old crossing had quite possibly the only WCH or WRRS bell I've seen on the suburban rail network.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.659 ... 312!8i6656
It's a nice crossing and there wouldn't be many gateless crossings with 3 tracks, but yeah it's probably gone by now.TrickyMario7654 wrote:Found a few interesting crossings between Cragieburn and Seymour.
Next up, is this gateless crossing at Beveridge, with has a hybrid bell. However, it's slated to be upgraded with gates.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.471 ... 312!8i6656
Interesting find there. I think those crossbucks with the red backgrounds actually look better as advance warning signs as opposed to when they are on a crossing!TrickyMario7654 wrote:I found a crossing with uses crossbucks with the red backgrounds as an advance warning sign on either side, even though the proper ones are used further down the road.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.056 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.113 ... 312!8i6656
It raises an interesting question as to who owns the crossing. ARTC would own the standard gauge track and I'm guessing that V/Line would own the broad gauge tracks. I wonder who gets called out to fix a fault?TrickyMario7654 wrote:Thankfully, it seems that V/line doesn't own the crossings along this section of the line. As this recent upgrade has used Siemens gate mechs rather than WCH ones like V/line using on their new installs.
Before: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.238 ... 312!8i6656
After: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.238 ... 312!8i6656
