This is the level crossing at Right Of Way, Grasstree.
These signals were installed on November 19th, 2008. Both signals have WCH bases, Safetran gate mechanisms, Westinghouse crossarms and lights with Aldridge LED's. The northern signal has a WCH m-bell and the southern signal has a Westinghouse hybrid bell.
This crossing is quite significant in that it is the last known to still have mechanical bells in the Upper Hunter region. Remarkably, sometime between February and June 2023, one of the Westinghouse hybrid bells was replaced by a WCH m-bell that appears to have been reused from elsewhere. This is quite pleasing to see as I have not seen ARTC use a mechanical bell for a replacement in this area for around 10 years with Siemens and to a lesser extent, WCH e-bells being used as replacement bells. Hopefully more of this occurs in the future.
Photos and videos taken on 6/6/2023.
29 сен 2024