Re: Oldest set of flashing lights at a road crossing still in situ

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

"Darren H." wrote:

> I had suspected that they may be the oldest set in situ. Do any others of
> this type still exist in use?
>
> For those who haven't seen them, they are the type with a single lamp being
> used to light lenses facing each direction. Most signals these days have a
> seperate lamp housing for each direction - forward and rear of the post.

Ah. Now I assume that you mean the actual equipment and not just the level
crossing equipped with flashing lights. In which case I would suggest that
there are no others around as in my time an effort was made to do away with
that type. The crossing at Mangalore over the Defence Siding had them almost to
the end but one side was knocked over as a result of an accident.

DEL

> Lineman <grime@dcsi.net.au> wrote in message 37fe7d99@nap-ns1">news:37fe7d99@nap-ns1...
> > I wonder if the National Trust or Heritage council has placed the
> > Koo-Wee-Rup (Vic) level crossing on its register as a notable item to be
> > protected.
> > I was led to believe that it was the oldest complete installation on the
> > Victorian system,dating from the mid 1940s

See this comment suggests the location and not the equipment at the location.