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The first activation is shown at 4:30
This is the Macaulay Rd level crossing at Kensington, Victoria. It is located on the Craigieburn/Seymour line, just a few kilometres from the Melbourne CBD.
These signals were installed on February 25, 1965 and have undergone many equipment changes in the intervening years, to keep things simple I will only focus on the existing equipment.
Both gated signals have McKenzie & Holland bases, Safetran gate mechanisms, Artcraft gate lights and General Signals Type 1 electronic bells. The bells were installed in 1998 and are the last remaining GS Type 1 bells in Melbourne, quite possibly all of Australia. The bell on the western side of the crossing rings from start up until the gates have lowered, while the eastern bell rings for the entire activation. Both bells are in poor sounding condition and it is amazing they have survived this long.
The crossing has a rather crazy mixture of lights and I can only presume it was used as a testing ground for different LED brands. The eastern gated signal has one pair of Alstom red LED lights (the only ones in Victoria) and a pair of Westinghouse incandescent lights. The western gated signal has 3 Westinghouse incandescent lights and 1 Western Cullen Hayes first generation LED which is mounted in a Westinghouse frame.
Despite this seemingly random mixture of lights both gated signals still retain their original McKenzie & Holland crossarms with the junction box covers being painted white, breaking from the normal Victorian custom of the entire crossarm assembly being painted black.
The gate-less signals here have a more normal range of equipment, with the eastern signal having an unmarked base and McKenzie & Holland crossarm with Westinghouse incandescent lights. The western signal is much newer and replaced the original signal some time around 2006, it has an unmarked base and a pair of Westinghouse LED lights.
Filmed on July 8 & 9, 2022 and March 13, 2023.