Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:18 pm

http://www.rxrsignals.com/California/N-P/Palmdale/8/

Looks like this crossing has gone out of service, and the WCH m-bell was replaced with a WCH e-bell by 2012 (when the crossing was still in service).
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@34.5995 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by cabman701 » Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:04 pm

TrickyMario7654 wrote: http://www.rxrsignals.com/California/N-P/Palmdale/8/

Looks like this crossing has gone out of service, and the WCH m-bell was replaced with a WCH e-bell by 2012 (when the crossing was still in service).
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@34.5995 ... 312!8i6656
For some reason I couldn't get your Google link to work. Not sure if it just me. In case it isn't... here is another one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.59986,- ... !1e1?hl=en

Also... take a look at the next crossing over. Someone only did half their job:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5995492 ... !1e1?hl=en

This crossing is also on the site: http://www.rxrsignals.com/California/N- ... ale/10(2)/
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:36 pm

cabman701 wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:Also... take a look at the next crossing over. Someone only did half their job:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5995492 ... !1e1?hl=en
They must have gotten lazy and called it a day! :LOL3:
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:53 pm

cabman701 wrote: Google (in satellite view) even has part of this abandoned line marked as "Rail bed". First time I have seen that.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/568+M ... 2?hl=en-US
I wouldn't be surprised if that was someone's edit that made it through Google Map Maker. I remember a few years ago on Google Map Maker when you would create a trail, it would automatically get approved after you submit it.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:58 pm

Very sharp crossing there. :Blink:
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by cabman701 » Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:07 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
Very sharp crossing there. :Blink:
Yeah... both of those cantilevers seem like they are placed way too far down. It would have been interesting to see where people stopped when the signals were active.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:23 pm

cabman701 wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
Very sharp crossing there. :Blink:
Yeah... both of those cantilevers seem like they are placed way too far down. It would have been interesting to see where people stopped when the signals were active.
Here were the stop line locations:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4991257 ... 1?hl=en-US
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4994041 ... 1?hl=en-US
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by cabman701 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 12:29 pm

ZachL wrote:
cabman701 wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
Very sharp crossing there. :Blink:
Yeah... both of those cantilevers seem like they are placed way too far down. It would have been interesting to see where people stopped when the signals were active.
Here were the stop line locations:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4991257 ... 1?hl=en-US
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4994041 ... 1?hl=en-US
I also noticed the school next to that crossing was remodeled quite a bit... along with their entrance/parking lot.
Here is what it used to look like:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4991205 ... 6?hl=en-US
Here it is now: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4991257 ... 6?hl=en-US. Doubt they would have been able to add that new entrance/exit if the tracks were still active.
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