Taree, Australia.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 7:53 pm
This crossing is on the North Coast of NSW, on the line from Sydney to Brisbane. These signals were installed in 1985 when they replaced manually operated gates. All lights at the crossing are Harmon and both of the gated signals have Harmon mechs.
There is a Safetran m-bell on the eastern side of the crossing which rings until the gates lower, with a WCH m-bell on the western side which rings until the gates rise.
Both of the gated signals are due to be replaced with completely new signals during the last week of May 2017. This is due to a program by the track owner (ARTC) to remove all remaining Harmon mechs from their network. Apparently the Harmon mechs are prone to developing a fault where the hold-clear fails to release, resulting in the gate not lowering.
The crossing on GSV https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.907 ... 312!8i6656
A couple of photographs of the manually operated gates which used to be here.
http://www.nswrail.net/locations/gphoto ... height=600
http://www.nswrail.net/locations/gphoto ... height=600
