Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Another crossing in Melbourne (in the suburb of Mitcham) that 'had' a Safetran Mechanical bell (and a pretty fast one too!): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Why I say 'had' is because, sadly, the crossing was grade separated in January 2014 (along with the nearby Rooks Road crossing): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Thanks Dennis Napthine...

TrickyMario7654 wrote:Another crossing in Melbourne (in the suburb of Mitcham) that 'had' a Safetran Mechanical bell (and a pretty fast one too!): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Why I say 'had' is because, sadly, the crossing was grade separated in January 2014 (along with the nearby Rooks Road crossing): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Thanks Dennis Napthine...

Dennis Napthine? Who's that?

freebrickproductions wrote:

TrickyMario7654 wrote:Another crossing in Melbourne (in the suburb of Mitcham) that 'had' a Safetran Mechanical bell (and a pretty fast one too!): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Why I say 'had' is because, sadly, the crossing was grade separated in January 2014 (along with the nearby Rooks Road crossing): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Thanks Dennis Napthine...

Dennis Napthine? Who's that?

He was once the Premier of Victoria.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

TrickyMario7654 wrote:Another crossing in Melbourne (in the suburb of Mitcham) that 'had' a Safetran Mechanical bell (and a pretty fast one too!): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Why I say 'had' is because, sadly, the crossing was grade separated in January 2014 (along with the nearby Rooks Road crossing): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.817 ... 312!8i6656
Thanks Dennis Napthine...

Dennis Napthine? Who's that?

He was once the Premier of Victoria.

Still nowhere near as bad as Daniel Andrews. He's axing 50 rail crossings in Melbourne!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgrJ1PiCWLc

Strange how the crossbucks were put under the lights. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.119788, ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@53.1202447 ... 6656?hl=en
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This setup looks kind of sketchy. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.1217844 ... 6656?hl=en
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Nice old cantilever. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1175394 ... 1664?hl=en
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G.R.S Lex-C lights. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5186353 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship. https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4491866 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4486593 ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is are some unique crossing signals in Warsaw for the streetcars. https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2500421 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2510001 ... 6656?hl=en

Here they are active. https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2511007 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2512625 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2493143 ... 6656?hl=en

Found this crossing in Melbourne which previously had Barker Technics Electronic Bells, but was replaced with a GS E-Bell for some reason. Probably the only time I've seen that happened.
Before: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.666 ... 312!8i6656
After: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.666 ... 312!8i6656

ToledoRailfan wrote:This setup looks kind of sketchy. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.1217844 ... 6656?hl=en

If I had to guess, that little spur right there probably sees like 1% usage. Yeah, I agree that a little warning would be nice, and if something like that existed over here it'd probably be illegal as well.

Some more interesting finds...

Another crossing with a Safetran Mechanical bell: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.102 ... 312!8i6656

And another one (line looks to be out of serivce): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.356 ... 312!8i6656

An active crossing: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.913 ... 312!8i6656

Another weird bell placement: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.313 ... 312!8i6656

A crossbuck that says "TRAMWAY CROSSING": https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.354 ... 312!8i6656

I've never seen anything like this before: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.808 ... 312!8i6656
Also, the crossing has a Safetran Mechanical bell: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.808 ... 312!8i6656

Found a five-track crossing: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.804 ... 312!8i6656

TrickyMario7654 wrote: I've never seen anything like this before: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.808 ... 312!8i6656

These signals are kind of odd. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.808 ... 312!8i6656

Some Australian signal quirks:

An early version of the 'Crossing Ahead' sign (With a yield sign above it! Sadly, they're since replaced it with a newer style sign): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.082 ... 312!8i6656

The more recent version of it: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.037 ... 312!8i6656

Not a crossing, but jeez, how low can you get!?: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.050 ... 312!8i6656

Active signals:

Officer South Road (Jun 2014): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.066 ... 312!8i6656

Clyde Road (Jul 2015): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.038 ... 312!8i6656
For some reason, the sign's crooked (since been fixed): https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.037 ... 312!8i6656
What the crossing looked like before they duplicated the road: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.037 ... 312!8i6656

Train finds...

One at Officer station: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.065 ... 312!8i6656

Another at Riverside station: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.832 ... 312!8i6656

One going over this viaduct: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.795 ... 312!8i6656