Shone Ave, Wongawilli, Australia.
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:16 am
This is the Shone Ave crossing at Wongawilli NSW, Australia. Just like Jersey Farm Rd it is located on the private Wongawilli branch line. I really like this crossing, it has a neat setup including a rare Westinghouse teardrop bell and a red beacon light mounted below it. The lights are Alstom and for some reason they have extra long visors. Both of the bases are McKenzie & Holland and are now quite rare. The relay case is a very rare Westinghouse one, it is branded "Westinghouse - McKenzie - Holland" just like the teardrop bell. I'm not sure when the signals were installed but going by the branding of the equipment it was probably in the late 1970's.
Another odd thing is the label on the relay case, it says "Crossing No.1" when it is actually the second last crossing on the line. The last crossing is Jersey Farm Rd which is labelled as "Crossing No.4"
The crossing on GSV. There is some kind of stuffed toy on top of one of the signals, probably a drunken prank!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.478 ... 312!8i6656
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