Here's a dead crossing in New Jersey still owned by Conrail. Looks like one of the signals got wiped-out by a car between 2020 and 2021
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4800651 ... ?entry=ttu
Going west one crossing you can see that the tracks have since ripped from the road as well.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4848504 ... ?entry=ttu
The next crossing west of that still retains the rails in the road, but with some interesting signs posted at it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.486582, ... ?entry=ttu
Tracks out of service
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Re: Tracks out of service
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Re: Tracks out of service
freebrickproductions wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:21 pmThe next crossing west of that still retains the rails in the road, but with some interesting signs posted at it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.486582, ... ?entry=ttu
Curious who the authority is then on that crossing if a bicyclist would hit one of those chuckholes over the old rails and crack their skull open. Is that the city saying blame Conrail because they paved over the crossing and didn't remove the rails? Or maybe the city trying to cover up something they don't want to spend the money to fix, but it's technically their issue because they paved it over in the first place. Every state seems to have different rules as to who and what pays for different pieces of a crossing.
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Re: Tracks out of service
Was looking around on Google Maps and found this dead branch line in Florida, branching off of what appears to be the A Line. The first crossing along it is with US 17 and still appears to be in decent shape:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.8714911 ... ?entry=ttu
The signals appear to be in decent shape so I wouldn't be too surprised if they're still maintained. The tracks around it don't appear to be too overgrown either, I suppose it's entirely possible CSX still uses this part of the line for a bit of car storage.
Going west to Warner Road, there's this crossing that features a pair of gateless Harmon cantilevers from the SCL that are also in decent shape still, but the tracks here are much more heavily overgrown:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.8679933 ... ?entry=ttu
It seems the line unceremoniously ends not too much further to the west, I'm guessing about where the plant it appears to have once served once stood.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.8714911 ... ?entry=ttu
The signals appear to be in decent shape so I wouldn't be too surprised if they're still maintained. The tracks around it don't appear to be too overgrown either, I suppose it's entirely possible CSX still uses this part of the line for a bit of car storage.
Going west to Warner Road, there's this crossing that features a pair of gateless Harmon cantilevers from the SCL that are also in decent shape still, but the tracks here are much more heavily overgrown:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.8679933 ... ?entry=ttu
It seems the line unceremoniously ends not too much further to the west, I'm guessing about where the plant it appears to have once served once stood.
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