Crossings protected by traffic signals.

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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:30 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
LARDLOGO wrote:Here's an article about a traffic light protected crossing I found.
http://www.trainweb.org/rahwayvalley/ro ... oute22.htm

Here's where the crossing was.
https://goo.gl/maps/kAtnALWfmvo
I think I've seen inages of that crossing pop up every now and then. Definitely a very unique crossing! :Clap:
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When was that line taken out of service? I can't find any information about it, or else i'm just TL;DR'ing.
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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by ToledoRailfan » Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:34 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
LARDLOGO wrote:Here's an article about a traffic light protected crossing I found.
http://www.trainweb.org/rahwayvalley/ro ... oute22.htm

Here's where the crossing was.
https://goo.gl/maps/kAtnALWfmvo
I think I've seen inages of that crossing pop up every now and then. Definitely a very unique crossing! :Clap:
Nice job on hitting 2.4k posts. :Tongue2:

When was that line taken out of service? I can't find any information about it, or else i'm just TL;DR'ing.
I'm not sure. If you look at the streetviews of the former crossing from 2007, you could see that some track and even the crossing itself was still there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6908492 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6908492 ... 328!8i1664
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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by cabman701 » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:53 am

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NathanFromEngland wrote:Denver, Colorado.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@39.7209 ... 312!8i6656
Wonder if the signal facing the removed track still works?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@39.7209 ... 312!8i6656

I also wonder why the signals facing the tracks have four sections...
Yes it appears to be still working, at least as of 2014. It looks like that one on the right has double reds which might explain the 4 sections. However, the one on the left just has one light illuminated, and it looks like it's yellow.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7201668 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:55 am

cabman701 wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Denver, Colorado.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@39.7209 ... 312!8i6656
Wonder if the signal facing the removed track still works?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@39.7209 ... 312!8i6656

I also wonder why the signals facing the tracks have four sections...
Yes it appears to be still working, at least as of 2014. It looks like that one on the right has double reds which might explain the 4 sections. However, the one on the left just has one light illuminated, and it looks like it's yellow.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7201668 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like they're both red, with the top section not lit-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7200681 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by ZachL » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:06 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Englewood, Colorado.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6605244 ... 6656?hl=en
Technically that's a passive crossing and not one protected by signals, since the signals likely serve the intersection there. Although they probably do enter a preemption cycle when a train is approaching.
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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by SirKrunch » Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:46 pm

ZachL wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Englewood, Colorado.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6605244 ... 6656?hl=en
Technically that's a passive crossing and not one protected by signals, since the signals likely serve the intersection there. Although they probably do enter a preemption cycle when a train is approaching.

There are also signals directing the rail traffic when to stop and when to proceed... so there certainly is a preemption of some kind.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6609888 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by LARDLOGO » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:25 pm

:oops: forgot to post these.

Second, those are 3M signals.
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Re: Crossings protected by traffic signals.

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:10 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote: Is that an LED?
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5808714 ... 312!8i6656
Yep. The signal is just missing the diffuser, which causes it to look like that.
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