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Cleaning level crossing signals on the Sale -
Bairnsdale railway after the line had been out of use for several years.
Sale, Vic. |
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Unusual crossing signal for an access road to
the railway yards at Geelong. |
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Interlocking boom gates.
These unusual gates were operated by a wheel in the signalbox like the more
usual interlocking swing gates.
Removed when a third track was added. McKinnon, Vic.
David Delaney collection. |
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This was one of those magical
finds for those of us interested in old signs. Following a disused railway
near Lithgow, NSW. We came across this
veteran crossing sign amid the undergrowth. It appears to have had
cast iron lettering originally.
A subsequent trip has shown that the sign has been removed. One wonders if
it was preserved or destroyed? |
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A recent (2004) installation with LEDs. Note the
lack of a STOP ON RED SIGNAL sign. Bunyip, Vic. |
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An early use of Give Way signs at a railway
crossing. Give Way sign with red border rather than the current red and
white border. Queenscliff, Vic. |
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An unusual combination of an obsolete GIVE WAY
TO TRAINS sign with a flashing light signal. Bittern, Vic. |
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Flashing light signal with 2 extra sets of
lights. Although they both face the same road. Edithvale, Vic. |
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One of a pair of unusual level crossing signals
that protected the former Raleigh St crossing on the Australian Glass
Manufacturer's siding at Spotswood, Vic. |
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One of the flashing light signals on the Puffing
Billy Railway. These have larger than usual RAILWAY CROSSING signs to help
them stand out. Emerald, Vic. |
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At Kyneton, Vic. there is a crossing that still used (until
quite recently)
interlocking gates controlled from the signalbox. These were the last of
their kind in Victoria still operating this way. |
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Odd sign in the rail yards of the Emu Bay
Railway. Burnie, Tas. |
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Another unusual way of signing a railway
crossing at Emu Bay Railway. Note revolving light below the sign. Burnie,
Tas. |
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Possibly the only crossing with boom gates in
Tasmania. This set is on a dead-end road to an unmanned power station.
Farrel / Bastyan Dam, Tas. |
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Y135 heads a tourist train to Korumburra shortly
after the Leongatha - Korumburra section of the Great Southern Railway had
been re-opened. Near Ruby, Vic. |
