Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:47 am

Safetran Type 3 in Sanger, California.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7131419 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:24 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:Safetran Type 3 in Sanger, California.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7131419 ... 6656?hl=en
I'm more interested in those classic WRRS signals. :Drool:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:58 am

:Confused:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4687649 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:03 am

Active crossing in Köniz, Canton of Bern.
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9175749 ... 6656?hl=en
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Post by ZachL » Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:03 pm

Visibility! Looks like an incline there on approach
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Mar 25, 2018 3:15 am

Crossbuck on display?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.07595 ... 312!8i6656
Ruined buckseye crossbuck setup.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.06765 ... 312!8i6656
Again, another ruined crossbuck setup.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.11063 ... 312!8i6656
Abandoned tracks.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.13189 ... 312!8i6656
What's this?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.24490 ... 312!8i6656
Defect detector.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.26768 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sun Mar 25, 2018 3:51 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:Crossbuck on display?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.07595 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like there was a crossing there.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.07592 ... 328!8i1664
NathanFromEngland wrote: Ruined buckseye crossbuck setup.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.06765 ... 312!8i6656
That isn't a *Buckeye crossbuck setup. Buckeye crossbuck setups were only an Ohio thing, hence why they were called Buckeye. Those shields are just a similar thing that are standard for passive crossings in Idaho.

Although I did once find (on Google streetview) a pair of those shields in Washington for some reason.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2700672 ... 6656?hl=en
NathanFromEngland wrote: Abandoned tracks.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.13189 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like that hasn't been used for decades! Looks like someone is trimming the vegetation at the end of the track!

Although you should've posted that in this thread. :Wink:
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:35 am

NathanFromEngland wrote: Defect detector.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.26768 ... 312!8i6656
Not a defect detector. Defect Detectors are located between and around the rails. Those detectors that you posted are for making sure that the cars on a train should actually be there (IIRC).
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ZachL » Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:43 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:Although I did once find (on Google streetview) a pair of those shields in Washington for some reason.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2700672 ... 6656?hl=en
It's very much possible that those were imported from Idaho, and it'd make sense considering how close that line is to state lines (not close-close, but close enough :Tongue1: )
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:57 am

ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Although I did once find (on Google streetview) a pair of those shields in Washington for some reason.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2700672 ... 6656?hl=en
It's very much possible that those were imported from Idaho, and it'd make sense considering how close that line is to state lines (not close-close, but close enough :Tongue1: )
I thought about that, they probably came with the crossbuck posts.
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