They are the usual Westinghouse hybrids, although for some reason the gongs have been painted a different colour.
Damn got my hopes up.. I wonder why they painted the bells like that?
Anyway does this mean that newly-installed crossings in Victoria (apart from the pedestrian crossings) are all USA made?
Unless they've changed who they get the gate lights from, the gate lights at least are made by a British company (Unipart Rail).
They are the usual Westinghouse hybrids, although for some reason the gongs have been painted a different colour.
Damn got my hopes up.. I wonder why they painted the bells like that?
Anyway does this mean that newly-installed crossings in Victoria (apart from the pedestrian crossings) are all USA made?
As far as I know the only remaining Australian made equipment is the Westinghouse lights (made by Siemens but still with Westinghouse branding) and United Group lights (formerly Alstom). Pretty sure there are still some gates and gate lights made here too.
As for gate mechanisms and bells, they are all made in the USA.
They are the usual Westinghouse hybrids, although for some reason the gongs have been painted a different colour.
Damn got my hopes up.. I wonder why they painted the bells like that?
Anyway does this mean that newly-installed crossings in Victoria (apart from the pedestrian crossings) are all USA made?
Here's something you don't see everyday, a set of McK&H lights on a late 90's install! Wonder if they were reused from another crossing or they had a set in spare? https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.733 ... 312!8i6656
TrickyMario7654 wrote:Here's something you don't see everyday, a set of McK&H lights on a late 90's install! Wonder if they were reused from another crossing or they were reused from another crossing? https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.733 ... 312!8i6656
Reminds me of a crossing at Griffith NSW which was installed in the mid 1980's. One of the median signals has McK&H lights, I suspect the original signal could have been destroyed by a vehicle and they needed a replacement in a hurry, so they found this one laying around from another crossing https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.287 ... 312!8i6656
Interesting cemetery crossing, never seen one before. If someone is killed at the crossing, they won't have far to take them (I'm only joking, I hope that never happens)
Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:44 am
by TrickyMario7654
McK&H.Aust wrote:Reminds me of a crossing at Griffith NSW which was installed in the mid 1980's. One of the median signals has McK&H lights, I suspect the original signal could have been destroyed by a vehicle and they needed a replacement in a hurry, so they found this one laying around from another crossing https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.287 ... 312!8i6656
Interesting cemetery crossing, never seen one before. If someone is killed at the crossing, they won't have far to take them (I'm only joking, I hope that never happens)
For some reason, your comment on the cemetery crossing made me smile.
Also, here's some photos I took today. The first crossing is located on Camms Road in Cranbourne.
Nice pictures and great finds with those GEC lights, they are rare these days. I only knew of one crossing in NSW to have them, it was the one at Wollongong which I recently posted about that closed in 1989 (although those lights were a slightly earlier version).
Interesting to see a crossing with a mix of gate mechs, it's not all that common. I think you are being kind to the person who did the graffiti on those Westinghouse mechs, I'd call it scribble rather than a mural
Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 3:48 pm
by TrickyMario7654
McK&H.Aust wrote:Nice pictures and great finds with those GEC lights, they are rare these days. I only knew of one crossing in NSW to have them, it was the one at Wollongong which I recently posted about that closed in 1989 (although those lights were a slightly earlier version).
Interesting to see a crossing with a mix of gate mechs, it's not all that common. I think you are being kind to the person who did the graffiti on those Westinghouse mechs, I'd call it scribble rather than a mural
Thanks, all of those crossings were installed in 1995, so it's safe to presume that those lights were still being manufactured at time time.
The earliest street view image for Thompsons Road shows it with both a Safetran and Westinghouse gate mech. Maybe they were out of EB gate mechs, and they had to use a Safetran gate mech instead? https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.080 ... 328!8i1664
Re: Australian Railroad Crossing Signals
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 9:42 pm
by TrickyMario7654
McK&H.Aust wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:Some more interesting things in Melbourne.
I noticed that at the Ripponlea crossing in 2007, the signal with the hybrid bell looked to of had a completely different bell! The image is completely blurry so I'm unable to tell what it is. (Though it looks like a Teardrop bell!) https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.876 ... 328!8i1664
I've had a look from a few angles and I'd say it was another Safetran bell.
I should also point out that by 2011, the Safetran bell had been replaced with a hybrid bell! If you listen carefully to the clip at 2:18, you can actually hear the Teardrop bell that was on the other side.
Nice find there, you don't see that very often!
It's possible that the McK&H mech was damaged and they needed to replace it in a hurry, there could have been a spare WRRS mech that was available to use as a replacement. The McK&H and the WRRS mechs seem to be almost identical and maybe they both use the same wiring and control circuit arrangements, it could have been a 'like for like' replacement without having to alter any of the existing wiring.
Another possibility is that the WRRS mechanism was refurbished as advertised by Siemens.
If you listen carefully to the clip at 2:18, you can actually hear the Teardrop bell that was on the other side.