I like those yellow 'Beware of Trains" signs. There were similar signs in NSW although they were white, they were mainly used on pedestrian crossings but also on farm crossings and other small non-important crossings. Pretty sure they have all been replaced by the usual signage now. I do prefer the yellow signs though!
The crossing at Rosehill has failsafe warning lights, they consist of a single white light which is normally lit and only switches off when a train approaches. They usually have small signs underneath the lights which read something like "Light out indicates train approaching". There are lots of them around Sydney and they are mostly used around the tracks to warn workers of approaching trains. They are mostly placed near curves, bridges and other obstructions where the view of approaching trains is limited. It's rare to see them used on public crossings like this.
Strangely enough, there's a road crossing directly next to it which has Safetran e-bells too. So I don't see the point of having the e-bells at the pedestrian crossing. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-36.704 ... 6656?dcr=0
Anyways, I found a video of the North East line from the early 80's and there are plenty of Teardrop bells throughout the video. I'm pretty sure the first crossing seen is Benalla-Yarrawonga Road (which had a Teardrop bell at the time). I think you also see the old gateless signals at Bank Street, Avenel at 1:28 (which had two Teardrops at the time). Ewings Rd (which has a hybrid bell). There's another gateless crossing (again with a Teardrop bell) at 4:15 but I have no idea where it is.
Anyways, I found a video of the North East line from the early 80's and there are plenty of Teardrop bells throughout the video. I'm pretty sure the first crossing seen is Benalla-Yarrawonga Road (which had a Teardrop bell at the time). I think you also see the old gateless signals at Bank Street, Avenel at 1:28 (which had two Teardrops at the time). Ewings Rd (which has a hybrid bell). There's another gateless crossing (again with a Teardrop bell) at 4:15 but I have no idea where it is.
That steam train must have been a special excursion.
Anyways, I found a video of the North East line from the early 80's and there are plenty of Teardrop bells throughout the video. I'm pretty sure the first crossing seen is Benalla-Yarrawonga Road (which had a Teardrop bell at the time). I think you also see the old gateless signals at Bank Street, Avenel at 1:28 (which had two Teardrops at the time). Ewings Rd (which has a hybrid bell). There's another gateless crossing (again with a Teardrop bell) at 4:15 but I have no idea where it is.
That steam train must have been a special excursion.
Pretty sure it was. Sadly, they don't run them anymore on the North East line due to it being converted to Standard Gauge a few years back.
It could have been worse, at least they didn't install those horrible sounding adjusted GS type 1's.