Level Crossing, Orton Park NSW, Australia.
The first activation is shown at 4:03
Located near Bathurst, this is the Omya Minerals level crossing at Orton Park, New South Wales.
These signals were installed in 2018 and replaced the original signals which dated back to 1982. These are basically a modern copy of the of the original signals, including having two mechanical bells for some reason. Both signals have Western Cullen Hayes bases, United Group lights with Aldridge LED's and Western Cullen Hayes mechanical bells.
Train information:
1st train: WP45 Xplorer service from Sydney to Broken Hill.
2nd train: 1YN2 steel from Whyalla to Newcastle, with locomotives NR116, NR57 and NR39.
Filmed on June 27, 2022.
Пікірлер: 18
Great video and crossing! Love that they chose to install new WCH mechanical bells on those signals!
Awesome job! Cool that they chose to use WCH mechanical bells, and two of them as well!
Been to this crossing more times than I can count - it's reasonably local for me and offers some pretty good views of oncoming trains. The view looking towards Bathurst through the avenue of trees looks very Scottish, especially in Autumn, whilst the fact that e-bells haven't taken hold here (as they have at Perthville) is a bonus. Keen to see what you have to say about nearby Lloyds Road when you get to it seeing as that's my regular haunt (even moreso than Orton Park). It's still got mechanical bells as of July 2024.
Great Video! Love the Double M bells on Newish Signals
@McKHAust
8 күн бұрын
@@TazzieT thanks :)
Nice video! Love the double m-bells here! It’s interesting this crossing has two m-bells to begin with! Be nice to see some new installations get the new logo WCH m-bells in future!
@McKHAust
8 күн бұрын
@@trainman758 thanks :)
Can you film more train crossings in South Australia. I want you to start filming now.
Guys how did y’all’s comment 11 months ago when the video was uploaded today? Wow!
@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98
8 күн бұрын
I’m lost about that too. Maybe it’s a re load ?
@JBoy328
8 күн бұрын
@@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98I bet you’re right 😑😑😑
@sbmetro165
8 күн бұрын
@@JBoy328We get early access
@ethanthevictorianrailfan7030
7 күн бұрын
Video was unlisted and link sent to those people thats how video reuploads dont keep comments
Great to see them use new mechanical bells on the current signals. Still, what made them replace the original signals in the first place?
@McKHAust
8 күн бұрын
@@TrickyMario7654 they did a lot of signalling work in the area so guess they installed a whole new setup to integrate with the new interlocking equipment.
@TrickyMario7654
8 күн бұрын
@@McKHAust I see. I assume they replaced the signals at Perthville at the same time, right? Begs the question, why did this get m-bells, while Perthville got an e-bell?
@McKHAust
8 күн бұрын
@@TrickyMario7654 Perthville was a later replacement I believe, it used different equipment. The old relay hut for this crossing was much smaller than the new one and the colour light signal near the crossing is new, I’m presuming they needed a bigger hut to accommodate the additional equipment for that signal. My guess is that it was much easier to do a completely new installation rather than trying to tie in the old equipment with the new and presumably have more cabling to complicate matters!
@TrickyMario7654
8 күн бұрын
@@McKHAust Makes sense. Thanks for the correction on Perthville, I forgot it still had the original signals at the time.