Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by NathanFromEngland » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:49 am

freebrickproductions wrote:
Looks like it was a restaurant of some kind. Like the signal with the Griswold lights though.
I hope they get rescued.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by LARDLOGO » Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:34 pm

Didn't know they used hoppers.
https://goo.gl/maps/NANA7EbdpDQ2
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:59 pm

They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:54 am

Why are these lights separated from each other?
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7517422 ... 6656?hl=en
For some reason, this is Brewster, Florida. But GSV picks it up as Mulberry, Florida.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:24 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Why are these lights separated from each other?
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7517422 ... 6656?hl=en
For some reason, this is Brewster, Florida. But GSV picks it up as Mulberry, Florida.
Looks like it's because they were originally aimed towards traffic coming around the curve:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7518186 ... 1664?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:43 pm

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:55 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote: This crossing still has catseyes 2 tracks sign!
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0134709 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0133184 ... 312!8i6656
Minus the actual catseyes.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:04 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote: This crossing still has catseyes 2 tracks sign!
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0134709 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0133184 ... 312!8i6656
Minus the actual catseyes.
Yea, just inverted 2 tracks signs. Still cool to see though. :TUP2:
NathanFromEngland wrote: Its quite interesting to see a WABCO model 95 in Louisiana.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0099245 ... 328!8i1664
That was actually a WABCO AL-70.
NathanFromEngland wrote: I can't work out if this was a light for the relay case, or just a fan in which somebody has tried to block with wires.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.009132, ... 312!8i6656
That was actually a weather-head where the power for the relay case was connected through.
NathanFromEngland wrote: WABCO 12X20 inch lights?
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0049561 ... 312!8i6656
Of an older variety, I believe. For a long time, no-one could figure out who made those, but I suspect that they're WABCO (or at the very least US&S) as they've only been found on installs that feature WABCO equipment.
NathanFromEngland wrote: Former base for a cantilever?
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0034234 ... 312!8i6656
Just a 5 inch mast signal which has had an extension fitted onto it for some reason, though it appears that it was done to hook some power to that signal for some reason. Here's how it looked before:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0033834 ... 328!8i1664
NathanFromEngland wrote: What's this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9978554 ... 312!8i6656
An 8 inch Eagle Flat-back double beacon. I doubt it works though.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:27 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote: What's this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9978554 ... 312!8i6656
An 8 inch Eagle Flat-back double beacon. I doubt it works though.[/quote]

It did in 2008.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9977952 ... 328!8i1664
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:12 am

I didn't know this was getting removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-38.130326 ... 6656?hl=en
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