Re: [VIC] New Level crossing bells

[Chris Gordon <cmgord@VICSIG.alphalink.com.au>]

> Sounds like it might be the same as the new ones in Union Street, Brunswick,
> on the Upfield line. They remind me a bit of (some) British ones, which are
> very quiet once the booms have been lowered.

There is two different versions.  The ones flush with the pole (like
Epping and Kensington) and the type that have a Black speaker type thing
point towards the pedestrian crossings at the level crossings (like the
Upfield line, Mont Albert and a few other places)

Photo of the one at Kensington:
http://www.railpage.org.au/vicsig/gallery/melb-metro/levelxing-bell.jpg

I understand they work on a time of day type thing to the volume of the
"bell" (or should I say tone).  ie day time is louder than night time.

> > On the Clarke St Level crossing, at the down end of Merri station (Epping
> > line) the level crossing has a new type of bell that I have never seen or
> > heard on any other level crossing.
> > The bell casing itself is cylindrical, and flush with the post. There is
> no
> > sign of the actual bell, but there are a lot of little holes on the
> > cylinder.
> > The noise that it makes is a lot lower than other level crossings I have
> > heard, it is almost as if the level crossing is playing too slowly!!
> > Are there any more of these around and is there any reason for the low
> pitch
> > of the bells?


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C.

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