Re: [VIC] New Level crossing bells

["Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>]

William Pearce wrote in message
<39ea73ce$0$11607$7f31c96c@news01.syd.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!


One of the things I noticed when I moved to Qld is that level crossings do
not seem to have bells here. Also, each railway system seems to have a
different design of signal.


Barry Campbell