Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

This strange looking crossing is at Cordeaux Heights (pronounced core-doe) which is in the western suburbs of Wollongong NSW, Australia. It is the only public crossing on the 7km long private branch line which runs from the Port Kembla Steelworks to the Dendrobium Coal mine near Mount Kembla. Most of the coal from the mine is used for steel making.

Originally this crossing had lights only, plus a teardrop bell. The current gated signals were installed in the late 1990's, the teardrop bell was also re-used on the new signals but has since been replaced by a Safetran type 3 e-bell. The lights are Alstom LED's mounted on WRRS brackets, the extra wide spacing between the lights looks rather odd. The gate mechanisms are WCH, while the gate lights are NEG (thanks freebrickproductions). The pedestrian gates were made by Magnetic Automation and the don't walk lights were made by AWA Traffic Systems.

There is a second private crossing nearby for use by track maintenance workers, strangely it has track count signs with no number. Track count signs are not normally used on single track crossings in Australia.

The crossing on GSV https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.444 ... 312!8i6656

A view of the private crossing https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.444 ... 312!8i6656

An earlier view from 2007 showing the teardrop bell https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.444 ... 328!8i1664

Another wonderful video! I've found another unusual crossing on a private driveway in Harden, NSW...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.557 ... 312!8i6656

(192nd post BTW!)

TrickyMario7654 wrote:Another wonderful video! I've found another unusual crossing on a private driveway in Harden, NSW...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.557 ... 312!8i6656

(192nd post BTW!)

Thanks. I've seen that crossing at Harden activated, has 2 red lights on steady for each track (2 for the near track and 2 for the far track). There are no bells. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera at the time. There is a second crossing nearby with the same setup https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.557 ... 312!8i6656

I might film the crossing one day, I like capturing some of the different and rarer setups when I can.

McK&H.Aust wrote:Thanks. I've seen that crossing at Harden activated, has 2 red lights on steady for each track (2 for the near track and 2 for the far track). There are no bells. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera at the time. There is a second crossing nearby with the same setup https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.557 ... 312!8i6656

I might film the crossing one day, I like capturing some of the different and rarer setups when I can.

Your welcome! Looks quite interesting...