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Australian railway level crossings
Advance warning signs
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Click on the photos for a larger image.
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Vintage warning sign. This one was taken from a steam train on the Derwent Valley railway in
Tasmania in 1993. I recall that one was at Gerang Gerung in western Victoria in 1978.
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This kind of sign is appearing more frequently. And I don't like it. It looks more like a fence is on the road. I know it is a railway. But it isn't as obvious as the steam locomotive. People will stop for a train. They aren't concerned about train tracks getting in their way however. Bairnsdale, Vic.
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A slightly less vintage warning sign still in use in large numbers as they are the same design still in use today.
Stratford, Vic.
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Another version of the "fence" style crossing approach warning sign.
Pakenham, Vic.
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Rare text only version of the railway crossing approach sign.
Maryvale, Vic.
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And yet another variation.
This looks even less like a railway than the first two.
Montgomery, Vic.
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This is an oddity. This sign was spotted near the ESSO Longford gas plant. There are no railways within 15 kms of here.
My guess is that it was a changeable safety message for employees as they left the plant.
Near Longford, Vic.
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Another of these signs aided by a LOOK FOR TRAINS sign.
Maldon, Vic.
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Somebody screwed up here. There was a hazard triangle here (as there is supposed to be) but it was replaced in 2001.
Only the triangles AT the crossings were to be replaced. Not the advance warnings.
Hillside, Vic.
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Oddly enough, I find these signs; warning of a railway crossing a side road; much easier to 'read'.
Maryvale, Vic.
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Gospel train's a comin'?
Maryvale, Vic.
This is on a private road. I can think of many crossings that should have these signs that have none at all.
Montgomery, near Sale being an excellent example.
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Cautious warning at a crossing in Devonport,Tasmania.
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Another variation on the theme. This is at the crossing with the green traffic light and red flashing lights in Trafalgar. A page on this and similar crossings will eventually appear on the site.
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Snow covered railway signs are unusual in Australia. This one even more so. It was at Trafalgar, Vic. Snow here is more of a freak event.
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Crossing on a curve.
Actually it is just after the curve.
Fulham, Vic.
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And here's something so rare, they erected a sign.
Trafalgar, Vic.
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4-4-0 locomotive pictogram with thin smoke and rounded cab window.
Hillside, Vic.
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Angled crossing.
Sign warning of a railway crossing with track running across the road at an angle.
Munro, Vic.
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4-6-0 locomotive pictogram with thick smoke and squared cab window.
Pakenham, Vic.
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Crossing with flashing light signals ahead.
Pictogram sign for protected crossings.
Stratford, Vic.
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Pictogram signs in the shape of a steam locomotive. Interesting to see that they are slightly different designs. One has a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement while the other is a 4-4-0.
They are mounted in a way giving the impression that the trains have just passed. Not good. Munro, Vic.
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Advance warning of crossing protected by FL signals.
Same as above but with red shown on the lights.
Stratford, Vic.
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This is NOT a true level crossing warning sign. Actually a speed hump warning sign. Then again, many crossings are rather bumpy. Bairnsdale, Vic.
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Wooden advance warning sign.
Placed as a pedestrian warning.
Don River Railway, Don, Tas.
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