Level Crossing, Stawell (Seaby St) VIC, Australia.

The first activation is shown at 5:38
This is the Seaby Street level crossing at Stawell, it is located in western Victoria on the ARTC main line from Melbourne to Adelaide.
These signals were installed on October 25, 1978. Both gated signals have Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company bases, Safetran gate mechanisms, General Signals gate lights, Westinghouse LED lights mounted on McKenzie & Holland crossarms and Safetran Type 3 electronic bells. Both median signals have unmarked bases and Westinghouse LED lights mounted on Westinghouse crossarms.
Train information:
1st train: 4PM4 steel from Spencer Junction to Melbourne, with locomotives NR113 and NR76.
2nd train: 1AM8 Overland service from Adelaide to Melbourne, with locomotive NR50.
Filmed on August 6, 2023.

[@tomhenry6440]

Nice level crossing. Really nice with the old signal poles and equipment

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video! Glad to see the old signals were retained, even if they've been pretty well modernized over the years. Looks like the gate lights are also still incandescent, interestingly enough.

[@jacktherailwayenthusiast3343]

Great video Michael

[@AustralianRailamedia7]

Great video! Very cool with some old equipment.

[@McKHAust]

Thanks!

[@TazzieTransport]

Nice video! Its gotta be one of the better Boom Gate crossings along WSG!!

[@McKHAust]

Thanks :)

[@TrickyMario7654]

Oh nice, you filmed this crossing. Thanks for doing it. :) Bit of trivia, this crossing originally had Safetran m-bells.

[@McKHAust]

Yes I've seen old pictures showing the Safetran bells, wish they were still there. Pretty sure this was the first crossing on the section between Geelong/Ballarat and Serviceton to get gated signals, followed by Dimboola. Amazing that some original equipment still survives.

[@TrickyMario7654]

​@@McKHAust Actually, there were three crossings in the Ballarat area that got gated signals in 1959 (Doveton Street, Creswick Road, and Burbank Street). Also, back in the BG days, it was common for interstate trains (including The Overland) to run via Bacchus Marsh. BTW, there's an image online from the early 1980s showing High Street in Dimboola with Westinghouse HB gate mechs and a McK&H Teardrop bell. It's on the Victorian Railways site from memory.

[@McKHAust]

@@TrickyMario7654 I meant Stawell was the first gated setup excluding the town crossings at Geelong and Ballarat, yes before gauge conversion the line through Ballarat was considered the main line and the route via Cressy was a secondary corridor. I've seen those old pictures of High Street, the HB mechs didin't last long because they were replaced by the mid 2000's, although they were always a more maintenance intensive product and are prone to leaking hydraulic fluid so it makes sense why they were replaced.

[@TrickyMario7654]

@@McKHAust Thanks for clarifying what you meant then, and I’m glad you’ve seen those old images of High Street, Dimboola. I believe the line via Bannockburn was also sometimes used for interstate trains, so there were actually two “secondary routes” prior to the gauge conversion. In fact. most passenger trains to and from Dimboola in the late 1980s until they were axed in 1993 used the Geelong-Ballarat line (the exceptions being the morning UP service from Dimboola on Monday-Saturday and all Sunday services).

[@McKHAust]

@@TrickyMario7654 It makes sense why they chose the route via Cressy to become the main line for standard gauge owing to the much easier gradients for freight, but it certainly reduced the passenger connectivity to many towns.