Re: [VIC] New Level crossing bells

["William Pearce" <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au>]

   These new level crossing bells have the technical name of 'Electronic
Tone Generators' but I reckon most people will still call them bells.
  The first installation at the Macaulay Rd. crossing at Kensington took
place in April  1998, initially on an experimental basis, a couple of
different designs were tried, on different sides of the crossing.
  I think that Yarraville has a set of these devices.
  Of course, they are useless as a warning to motorists, as most car drivers
have all their windows shut and the car radio at full bore, the only thing
that they would hear would be a stick of dynamite exploding under their
seat!
                         Kaboom!           Bill.
"Chris Gordon" <cmgord@VICSIG.alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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> > 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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