Molong, Australia.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:52 am
This is the Euchareena Rd crossing at Molong, in central western NSW, Australia. The emergency information sign at the crossing says Bank's St, but the street sign at the nearby intersection says Euchareena Rd.
The signals here were installed in 1993, prior to this the crossing was protected by manually operated gates. This crossing has Westinghouse type EB gate mechs, which are becoming very rare in NSW. Looking at how slowly the gates rise I would guess that they will be replaced soon. The crossing also has two early model WCH m-bells, made before the stepped bases were introduced. The bells have a strange operating cycle, the one on the western side rings from start up until the gates have lowered while the bell on the eastern side rings from start up until AFTER the front of the train has passed over the crossing. This is different again to the crossing at Clarendon.
Both signals have unmarked bases. The lights on the eastern side are WCH while the western side has Westinghouse lights. Both sets of lights are mounted on Westinghouse brackets. Another oddity is the old black & white wishbone gate sitting on the roof of the relay bungalow, complete with old style gate lights. I'm not sure if somebody put it there as a prank, or if the signal maintainers forgot about it.
This is the closest view available on GSV. It was taken in May 2015 and the crossbucks have since been upgraded to the red backgrounds https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-33.092 ... 312!8i6656