Level Crossing, Condah (Henty Hwy) VIC, Australia.

The first activation is shown at 4:10
This is the Henty Highway level crossing at Condah, it is located between Hamilton and Heywood on the Portland line.
These signals were installed on March 20, 1968, both signals have McKenzie & Holland bases and Westinghouse LED lights. The signal on the western side of the crossing previously had a first generation Westinghouse hybrid bell which was replaced in 2023 by a Siemens electronic bell. The eastern signal has an Artcraft healthy state indicator.
Train information:
1st train: 7741V empty grain from Portland to Murtoa (Marmalake), with locomotives G539, X50 and G523. Filmed on September 26, 2021.
2nd train: 7741V empty grain from Portland to Ararat, with locomotives BL32, BL31 and G520. Filmed on June 16, 2022.
3rd train: 7742V grain from Ararat to Portland, with locomotives G525, XR559 and BL32. The grain was loaded at Woomelang, filmed on December 29, 2022.
4th train: 7990 heritage shuttle from Portland to Hamilton, with locomotives S307 and C501. Filmed on July 15, 2023.
5th train: 7995 heritage shuttle from Hamilton to Portland, with locomotives C501 and S307. Filmed on July 15, 2023.
Filmed with Tazzie Transport: / @tazzietransport

[@Adelaidehilltrainspotter]

nice video mck&h aust. keep the good work.

[@redhen334]

Cool vid, always love the white pole crossings 👍got such a classic look to them

[@McKHAust]

Thanks!

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video and crossing! Love that rainbow in the opening picture!

[@McKHAust]

Thanks!

[@railfanbryan7225]

Great catches!

[@McKHAust]

Thanks!

[@trainman758]

Nice video and crossing!

[@McKHAust]

Thanks!

[@gregthompson3274]

Really like the country rail crossings,good night catch esp on the Portland line which is terribly underused and neglected,of course here in Melbournel level crossings dissappearing,in Glenhuntly where l live,2 crossings gone in the past year

[@tomhenry6440]

Nice catch with the rainbow at the start of the video

[@McKHAust]

Thanks!

[@emdB67]

I realise it's heresy to say this, but to my ears, the Siemens e-bell sounded better than the Westinghouse hybrid. But then I've never really liked hybrids. I even turned one down when it was offered to me. Okay, perhaps that was a mistake. 😮‍💨
I repaired one for someone once and it still didn't make me want one for myself. lol! That said, still sad to see even a hybrid get replaced by an e-bell. Of course teardrops (ANY teardrop) is automatically going to be better that either. 😁

[@McKHAust]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion :)

[@emdB67]

@@McKHAust it'd be boring if we were all the same. But generally I still prefer to see hybrids hanging on than being replaced by e-bells. And some e-bells sound horrible to my ears. :)

[@TrickyMario7654]

Real shame the hybrid bell was replaced. Do you think it might have died or something? It didn’t sound the best in this video.

[@McKHAust]

The video made the bell sound better, actually was much worse in person so I’m not surprised that it was replaced

[@TrickyMario7654]

@@McKHAust I’m glad they didn’t replace it for no reason. The hybrid must have been there since the 1980s at least.

[@McKHAust]

Yes the hybrid put in a good effort, you can bet the replacement Siemens bell won’t last anywhere near that long!
Other hybrids on the line that were replaced such as Cashmore Rd and Darts Rd were also having issues so at least it wasn’t just a pointless upgrade

[@TrickyMario7654]

@@McKHAust Thank goodness for that. Plus, you managed to film them all before the replacements.
It seems they only really replace bells on the Portland line when they die. Shame it’s not like that on other lines.

[@McKHAust]

The only recent replacement which took me by surprise was Glenthompson, as last time I was there the hybrid sounded fairly good, guess it could have died though as it was replaced more recently than Condah. I have filmed the hybrid but haven’t got around to releasing the video yet