Just so this thread remains at the top of the front of the first page, I thought I'll share some more videos of Victorian hand-operated crossings...
This video was shot on one of the final days of the hand operated gates at Nerrim Road, Glenhuntly in 1986. You can clearly see the new equipment that's been partly installed. You'll also see some old Blue/Harris trains, unrefubrished Comengs, and Hitachi's in their original plain sliver colors too!
Must be a user operated crossing. The lights probably activate when there is a train.
That could be a possibility, or perhaps there's absolutely no power to the crossings either (which would cause the gates to lower). The lights at those crossings aren't flashing at all.
I was lucky enough to see this crossing in action the other day. When a worker swipes their card to access the yard through the main sliding gate, the booms rise and remain up for about 30-40 seconds. Then, the lights begin to flash and the barriers begin to lower after about 5 seconds. The lights then turn off once the gates have fully lowered.
Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:03 am
by McK&H.Aust
Can't remember if these were posted previously, but there are some interesting crossings at Hastings, VIC on the tracks leading to the Bluescope Steel facility and other sidings. Most are not on street view but these two are.
Those lights look like 8x24 inch lights. Also, a bit of an odd location for the bell.
I agree that 8x24 inch lights look strange, don't know why they didn't just go for 12x24 if sighting was an issue. I guess they couldn't put the bell on top of the mast because of the traffic light junction box up there already, but it certainly looks odd where it is. Just checked the satellite view and it looks like that track is out of service, it is blocked just near the crossing. That's a shame because it would have been interesting to see the crossing activated. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.892 ... a=!3m1!1e3
McK&H.Aust wrote:Can't remember if these were posted previously, but there are some interesting crossings at Hastings, VIC on the tracks leading to the Bluescope Steel facility and other sidings. Most are not on street view but these two are.
Mix of different colored boom gates at High Street, Reservoir. The actual crossing it self is located in a spaghetti intersection containing roads like Cheddar Road and Spring Street. The description says that the junction had been recently rebuilt at the time of the picture being taken. (I think this crossing has to be on the site! Especially since the Andrews government is planning on grade separating the crossing.) http://au.oocities.com/loco_b67/blackredbooms0222.JPG
When the Barinsdale line reopened, the crossing signals were not immediately restored. Instead, flagman drove to the crossings and manually stopped traffic: http://www.oocities.org/loco_b67/RTLMaffraRd0413.JPG
Also, a bit of an odd location for the bell.
