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They/Them for me, please.

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The "STOP ON RED SIGNAL" sign is missing at this crossing! Must of fallen off..
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.761 ... 6656?hl=en

This signal has two "STOP ON RED SIGNAL" signs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@-38.055982 ... 312!8i6656

Any idea on what sort of bells are on this crossing in Moss Vale, NSW? (Is it a yodalarm?)
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.543 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.543 ... 6656?hl=en
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TrickyMario7654 wrote: Any idea on what sort of bells are on this crossing in Moss Vale, NSW? (Is it a yodalarm?)
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.543 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.543 ... 6656?hl=en
Yea, that looks like a Yodalarm, probably a Y05.
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freebrickproductions wrote:Yea, that looks like a Yodalarm, probably a Y05.
Thanks for telling me that. I also found a crossing in Shepparton, Victoria with two black and white wishbone gates! (Sadly, it was replaced when GSV went through a few months later...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.391 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.392 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.391 ... 328!8i1664
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Active crossing in Cornwall. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.1287916 ... 6656?hl=en
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I did not expect to find a signal here. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4832509 ... 6656?hl=en
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They/Them for me, please.

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freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing, Murfreesboro, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8411668 ... 6656?hl=en
I had a feeling that was a CSX crossing when I saw the black-colored mechanical bell. :Tongue1: There are a lot of crossings down here with bells colored just like that.

By the way, that crossing is on the site, too. :TUP2:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/Mur ... Old_Salem/
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TrickyMario7654 wrote:I also found a crossing in Shepparton, Victoria with two black and white wishbone gates! (Sadly, it was replaced when GSV went through a few months later...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.391 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.392 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.391 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.392 ... 328!8i1664
Nice find, also the old gate mechs appear to have been Harmon which are rare these days. I don't know what it is about the Harmon mechanisms but most of the ones I knew of have been replaced, yet they seem to keep the older mechanisms like WRRS/GRS. I wonder if the Harmon mechs have developed some known problems or maybe parts are no longer available?
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McK&H.Aust wrote:Nice find, also the old gate mechs appear to have been Harmon which are rare these days. I don't know what it is about the Harmon mechanisms but most of the ones I knew of have been replaced, yet they seem to keep the older mechanisms like WRRS/GRS. I wonder if the Harmon mechs have developed some known problems or maybe parts are no longer available?
Not to mention, there's still a few McK&H gate mechs around Melbourne too. :cool:
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