Closed off railroad crossings.

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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ZachL » Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:17 pm

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NathanFromEngland wrote:I'm not sure about this one, but the streetview is outdated. And the lack of videos don't show if the crossing is there or not, i may've asked this before.
Orlando, Florida.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53247 ... 6656?hl=en
Looks like it's still open:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53339 ... !1e3?hl=en
They were likely just replacing the grade at the time.
Hard to tell, but here's a closer angle from the other side:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53406 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by Ethan the Railfanner » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:54 am

Grand Avenue in Middletown Ohio Closed down back I think November 2015? At least I caught 2 videos of the crossings in action. The signals have since been removed. I don't have a picture of the crossing getting the signals gone, but I know for the fact that these crossings are gone.




Fogg Street/7th Avenue also closed down and signals are removed, meaning that the ASC E-Bells are gone as well.



Now, let's go back into the time where I was just a toddler. I looked up on Google Earth, a street named Callender Drive in Hendersonville, Tennessee. And I found out that crossing used to have Signals!!! I don't know much about the signals, because the signals at this road are long gone. The FRA claims this crossing was closed on May 18, 2005, or the time I was only 1 year old. Also, this road has since been closed for over a decade now. It's now turned into Drake's Creek Park.

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If I know correctly, this crossing could've had 8 inch lights and a mechanical bell.
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:31 am

Bourbonnais, Illinois (The RXR marker is still there)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1845927 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ZachL » Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:48 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Bourbonnais, Illinois (The RXR marker is still there)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1845927 ... 6656?hl=en
Yeah, that's more common than you think. Many municipalities actually do remove the paint from the pavement, but at the consequence of motorists still seeing that there was a marking in the road. Only way to really get rid of it is to resurface the road. :Tongue1:
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:54 am

Found this in my subscriptions yesterday



Seems the crossing is stuck in a permaently "ON" mode, the light on the right is in a bad condition, with its visor and lense missing, wasps are also wanting to create a nest in there, i could also imagine the gates can't even rise due to the plants growing by them, the relay case also looks new...
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ZachL » Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:14 pm

This crossing still stands, but is now closed off:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.657835, ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:13 pm

ZachL wrote:This crossing still stands, but is now closed off:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.657835, ... 312!8i6656
Huh, i can remember i looked at that crossing a year or two ago, weird to replace if you ask me.

And to make matters worse, it appears that i cannot find a FRA report on the crossing.
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ZachL » Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:40 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
ZachL wrote:This crossing still stands, but is now closed off:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.657835, ... 312!8i6656
Huh, i can remember i looked at that crossing a year or two ago, weird to replace if you ask me.

And to make matters worse, it appears that i cannot find a FRA report on the crossing.
If you exit streetview mode, you will see that the traffic pattern in the area has been realigned
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:21 am

ZachL wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
ZachL wrote:This crossing still stands, but is now closed off:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.657835, ... 312!8i6656
Huh, i can remember i looked at that crossing a year or two ago, weird to replace if you ask me.

And to make matters worse, it appears that i cannot find a FRA report on the crossing.
If you exit streetview mode, you will see that the traffic pattern in the area has been realigned
I think those signals were also CSX installations, before they either sold the line off or gave trackage rights, i shall look up the railroad since i found the report.
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ZachL » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:20 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
ZachL wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
ZachL wrote:This crossing still stands, but is now closed off:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.657835, ... 312!8i6656
Huh, i can remember i looked at that crossing a year or two ago, weird to replace if you ask me.

And to make matters worse, it appears that i cannot find a FRA report on the crossing.
If you exit streetview mode, you will see that the traffic pattern in the area has been realigned
I think those signals were also CSX installations, before they either sold the line off or gave trackage rights, i shall look up the railroad since i found the report.
Correct. The line right there is owned by the Buckingham Branch Railroad.
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