Wonder why the crossing is getting gates? There's only two trains a day on the line. Also, I wish the line was still open further north. It would be a great "inland" route, and restoring it to service would probably be cheaper than building a whole new line IMO. Were there any signalized crossings north of Armidale?
Not sure why it's getting upgraded, considering the small number of services and the train speed being slow over the crossing. Would be better off using the money to upgrade a passive crossing. There were a few signalized crossings north of Armidale at places like Guyra, Stonehenge, Glen Innes and Tenterfield.
@@McKHAust Yeah, I imagine a few passive crossings could do with these upgrades, though it would be rather weird if they had gates and this crossing didn't. Could you give the exact locations of all the signalized crossings north of Armidale if you know them? Also, what sort of equipment would they have had?
@@TrickyMario7654I know there were signals at New England Hwy Stonhenge and Gwydir Hwy Glen Innes but can't remember the exact location of the others. Both of those crossings had gateless signals, with Stonehenge having a teardrop and Glen Innes having a WRRS or WCH bell.
@@McKHAust I assume you've seen pictures of those crossings, right? As for the other two, Tenterfield likely had them at Bruxner Highway while Guyra had them on Ollera Street (I believe you can see the foundations of a relay hut in some GSV images). Would be cool to see what they had for equipment, but otherwise, it seems like they were the only crossings north of Armidale to have signals (from what I can tell). Would you agree?
Awesome gateless crossing! Amazing footage! :)
Nice video! The WCH m-bell sounds nice!
Thanks!
Great video and crossing! Love the WCH mechanical bell on those gateless signals!
Thanks!
Nice video. Nice to see some WCH lights.
Thanks :)
Wonder why the crossing is getting gates? There's only two trains a day on the line.
Also, I wish the line was still open further north. It would be a great "inland" route, and restoring it to service would probably be cheaper than building a whole new line IMO. Were there any signalized crossings north of Armidale?
Not sure why it's getting upgraded, considering the small number of services and the train speed being slow over the crossing. Would be better off using the money to upgrade a passive crossing.
There were a few signalized crossings north of Armidale at places like Guyra, Stonehenge, Glen Innes and Tenterfield.
@@McKHAust Yeah, I imagine a few passive crossings could do with these upgrades, though it would be rather weird if they had gates and this crossing didn't.
Could you give the exact locations of all the signalized crossings north of Armidale if you know them? Also, what sort of equipment would they have had?
@@TrickyMario7654I know there were signals at New England Hwy Stonhenge and Gwydir Hwy Glen Innes but can't remember the exact location of the others. Both of those crossings had gateless signals, with Stonehenge having a teardrop and Glen Innes having a WRRS or WCH bell.
@@McKHAust I assume you've seen pictures of those crossings, right? As for the other two, Tenterfield likely had them at Bruxner Highway while Guyra had them on Ollera Street (I believe you can see the foundations of a relay hut in some GSV images). Would be cool to see what they had for equipment, but otherwise, it seems like they were the only crossings north of Armidale to have signals (from what I can tell). Would you agree?
@@TrickyMario7654I have seen pictures of those two crossings, agree about the others you mentioned.
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