Corrigan Rd Level Crossing, Noble Park, With Mechanical Bells (Before & After Upgrade)

This is the Corrigan Rd level crossing in Noble Park, on the Dandenong corridor, with footage I took in back in January 2017 when it had two Westinghouse hybrid bells, and then in July and September 2017 after both bells were replaced with General Signals Type-3 e-bells. The bells were replaced in April 2017.
This crossing has since been grade separated, with trains running over the new Corrigan Road railway bridge in February 2018.
At the time I filmed it, the crossing still had its McKenzie & Holland teardrop bell. However, it was rotated to face south instead of west. It's anyone's guess why they did this. It still had a yellow cross painted on it, and still did not work, so it's a mystery why it wasn't removed with the hybrid bells
Since January 2017, this crossing was dramatically modified and upgraded to accommodate sky-rail during its construction. The new crossing had:
- McKenzie & Holland cross-arms on most of the crossing, except for sets attached to each boom gate, which had new Westinghouse cross-arms (these replaced WRRS cross-arms)
- New marked Westinghouse lights on all the crossing, except for the cantilever on the southern end, which still had an old marked Westinghouse light and an old unmarked Westinghouse light. These new lights replaced McKenzie & Holland, Westinghouse and Weston Cullen Hayes lights. All lights were upgraded to LED's, when previously only the lights on the cantilevers were LED's while the rest were incandescent
- A Westinghouse boom gate mechanism on the southern side (it's original), with a Westinghouse base, and a Safetran boom gate mechanism on the northern side with an unmarked base
- Westinghouse pedestrian boom gate mechanisms. The footpath crossing the intersection on the eastern side was closed for grade separation works when I filmed it. As a result, the pedestrian boom gate on the northern end was removed, and the gate on the southern end was permanently in the 'down' position, however, its alarm did not sound
The cantilever on the northern side was also moved further north
I have already uploaded a video of this crossing before, with its old infrastructure, so if you want to see more footage of the crossing, see that video:
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[@ivanmilja5200]

I used to always get stuck at this crossing for ages so glad it’s gone .

[@tomhenry6440]

Despite Murrumbeena Rd being five trains, I can't believe how this is seven in one activation

[@piktureit]

Bell 1: Westinghouse Holland McKenzie teardrop bell / Westinghouse Holland Hybrid bell Bell 2: General Signals Type 3 e bell

[@olivercoulson7935]

piktureit is

[@McKHAust]

Great video! Sad to see such a nice crossing being removed, but then again 7 trains in one lowering is a ridiculous amount of time for the crossing to be blocked (must be some kind of record). Certainly seems like a waste of money installing e-bells and new LED lights when the crossing is going to be removed anyway, I really liked the sound of the old hybrid bells.

[@stuarthunt101]

Thanks. It was pretty ridiculous, when the 3rd train came I thought surely the boom gates will rise, but no another train came, and then another, and another... you could even tell the patience of all the car drivers was wearing thin! It DOES seem like a waste of money, but I'm guessing they pulled down the crossing to do night works and couldn't get the old fragile infrastructure to work properly again when putting it all back together

[@Username-xn8uz]

It's crazy how much the Caulfield to Dandenong corridor has changed in such short amount of time! I've noticed most of the crossings have new cross bucks, LED lights, folding boom gates and new gate mechanisms. Clayton road even got a 3rd gate mech added, I assume because wishbone folding gates aren't much shorter than a normal gate, so they added a new gate. I think it still has the Hybrid bells as well! With all the left over equipment that PTV will have when all 50 crossings are gone, they should make some crossings quad crossings. Station street Seaford could really benefit from a quad crossing imo.

[@TrickyMario7654]

Actually, it was Centre Road that had the 3rd gate mech added.

[@Username-xn8uz]

TrickyMario7654 aha close enough, I'm terrible with road names..!

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

Awesome Video Also there is a crossing near Lara that still has Westinghouse hybrid bells

[@logangoninon3053]

Kkajkaj

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

It's difficult to figure out why they would be going to all that hassle to change the bell tones when the level crossing is being removed. Similar to going to the trouble of painting the interior or exterior of a building that's going to get demolished.

[@RyanSmith-bv4ht]

Corrigan Road Noble Park is on the Cranbourne And Pakenham lines but is nearly removed

[@TrickyMario7654]

They've been doing some strange modifications to the Dandenong corridor crossings as part of the Skyrail works. Like at Heatherton Road, were one of the cantilever arms was removed. Centre Road looks like a joke now (and it was already a weird set up to begin with). They also modified Clayton Road, Murrumbeena Road, Chandler Road, and Koornang Road. Chances are, Poath Road and Grange Road have been messed with too. I remember when they were removing the Springvale Road crossing a few years ago, they removed the gate mech in the median on the north side of the crossing and replaced the shoulder Westinghouse gate mech with a Safetran one. Comparison of the said crossing: Aug 2013: www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.94877,145.1528978,3a,60y,193.37h,91.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sH5ov3tt3CZgfHMZ-6mDbLw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Oct 2013: www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.948796,145.1528941,3a,75y,193.37h,92.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNZWA_YEjTjof_xg4gofUPg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[@stuarthunt101]

Yeah it's pretty crazy! I'm thinking of going down there again to check them all out Good find with Springvale road. Can't really blame the decision, 3 boom gate mechs would've just been too complicated for the crossing. It also looks like they put a newer hybrid bell (or a repainted one) on the shoulder boom gate pole. The old picture shows two bolts were screwed in to the bell while the new picture has one bolt... and the bell seems to be glistening in the sun.

[@ivanmilja5200]

Great video did you see that guy who always pushes a Jeep he’s always there like a traffic cop

[@MrBnsftrain]

3:44 that horn sounds nice! 5:05 what's that new bridge for? is for new train tracks? Melbourne Metro is weird about upgrading their crossings!

[@stuarthunt101]

They're grade separating this crossing, so they're putting a bridge over the road for the new rails. Pretty much what you said

[@piktureit]

11:15 what the hell is that sound when the gates went down

[@GrnArrow092]

It's heard in one of the other clips, so it's most likely a bird... an Australian magpie, maybe.

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

Australian Crow, Magpies have a different call. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYqoipZufMpmpNk

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

Australian Crow, Magpies have a different call. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYqoipZufMpmpNk

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

piktureit That sound when the gates went down was a crow quarking its head off.

[@sp00tnik26]

The hell is with the sound of the bell it sounds like an american safetran!

[@Username-xn8uz]

Henry Lu They’re General Signals Type-3 E bells.

[@sp00tnik26]

Ah thank you!

[@sp00tnik26]

I have not heard the sound General Signals Type 3 E-Bell. All i heard is Type 1 and 2

[@Username-xn8uz]

Henry Lu Here’s the sound of a General Signals Type 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIm8d6CJjslnl6c Here’s also one in conjunction with a Type 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpywfqWbaJWqmc0

[@robbiewales3007]

Hardly any hybrid bells left on the Pakenham line?

[@TrickyMario7654]

No, there's plenty of hybrid bells between Dandenong and Pakenham.

[@stuarthunt101]

But who knows for how much longer :P

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

Also that type 1 e bell sounds weird on that crossing

[@Username-xn8uz]

Aidan From Aus Those are General signals type 3 e bells, not type 1s.

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

Username 1 nope there Type 1's type 3's sound different

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

Username 1 nvm your right

[@piktureit]

What? I think the TYPE 3’S sound awesome on that crossing

[@TudorCrossings]

The type 3s are killing my ears

[@charles.stewart4422]

Wow so you Like to Play with your "Bells" l Like the older "Bells" lol .