Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by LARDLOGO » Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:12 am

Vermont

1 sided crossbucks with EXEMPT signs. Grade is asphalt.
https://goo.gl/maps/5bH4WT9GpEC2
https://goo.gl/maps/RPnwJ8TFrBU2
https://goo.gl/maps/VRkXCr5SuDD2

Some storage cars just north of the crossing.
https://goo.gl/maps/Uwin6wYnKom

Crossbuck and damaged EXEMPT sign. Nothing on the other side. Asphalt grade.
https://goo.gl/maps/5XnsvdEYJm42
https://goo.gl/maps/kedAwcynrx12

8'' lights on traffic light extension.
https://goo.gl/maps/w2soj8Tf8Rq
https://goo.gl/maps/4bx6Fw814dx
https://goo.gl/maps/U6qAWuErMGA2

Bennington, VT
At this point, the tracks are no longer represented as existing on Google Maps. First crossing has wooden posts with 3 Tracks and EXEMPT signs.
https://goo.gl/maps/nkKzGmodubo

This side's signs are leaning over.
https://goo.gl/maps/hdeebL7Pk422

A boxcar and caboose potentially being restored next to what looks like an old station.
https://goo.gl/maps/VCFBUNePkH72

Nothing remains at the crossing next to the station.
https://goo.gl/maps/XE4WBZX2LZv
https://goo.gl/maps/BHm37kAqT122

Obscured view of the caboose at what appears to be the end of the line.
https://goo.gl/maps/xqiHrVWZGiy

Welp, I was right; this was a station.
https://goo.gl/maps/VdjJf1zfoML2
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:35 am

Utrecht, Netherlands. Part of the Spoorwegmuseum line.
For starters, i'm not gonna say this crossing is abandoned, as if you look down the line, it doesn't end for another quarter of a mile, as it seems that this crossing may get rare use for car/engine storage.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0853984 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0854833 ... 312!8i6656
You could see the rest of the line back in its heyday in 2009.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0854674 ... 312!8i6656
Interestingly enough, they decided to preserve the pantographs here! (Some of the line is now a trail)
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.083892, ... 312!8i6656
Quite an interesting crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.083979, ... 312!8i6656
The next crossing is basically the same thing
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0828901 ... 312!8i6656
This was after the equipment was removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0828865 ... 312!8i6656
There is a set of buffers here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0827832 ... 312!8i6656
Quite a nice trestle, untouched after trail conversion.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0808898 ... 312!8i6656
A trestle from 1973, this line may've been NS property, until the railway mueseum took control, used it for a while until they abandoned it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0790951 ... 312!8i6656
They've kept this thing from a crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0773491 ... 312!8i6656
There are also hints of where the tracks were!
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0773747 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:48 am

Oudelande, Netherlands.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.412691, ... 312!8i6656
I tried following the view via satelite, but i don't think this could be a clue.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4114414 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:52 pm

Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:31 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote: More weird crossbucks.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.31070 ... 312!8i6656
What's weird about those? Those were common on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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