Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ZachL » Sun Dec 04, 2016 2:03 pm

The maintainer there looks like he was saying "what in the hell..." :LOL3: :ROFL:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635424 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by brett nc railfanner » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:39 pm

Active crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6222608 ... 312!8i6656

The Engines
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6223257 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sun Dec 04, 2016 7:53 pm

US&S E-bells in Botswana!
https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.628505 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.628397 ... 6656?hl=en
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These crossbucks remind me of those Model Power crossing signals, it also the first time I've heard of crossbucks that say "RAILROAD CROSSING" outside of the United States except for some crossbucks on the Canadian part of the White Pass and Yukon Route.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.607776 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.608086 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing in Gaborone (the capital of Botswana).
https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.561236 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.561286 ... 6656?hl=en
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I guess this is a new way of doing "CROSSING RAILROAD"! :LOL3:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.510392 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ZachL » Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:26 pm

Not sure if this has been posted before, but here's another WABCO bell in Tampa:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9851384 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by luke » Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:07 pm

Got a couple.

Inverted Stop on Red Signal sign on a private crossing of CSX in New Windsor, NY: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4852562 ... 312!8i6656


A set of triangle gates and teardrop bells on a Union Pacific spur Halsey, Oregon: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.377165, ... 312!8i6656


The same spur continues west to connect with Portland & Western's ex-Oregon Electric line, but the central section, including another crossing with triangle gates just a short distance away, is out of service: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3780271 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by Trainzmandude2012 » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:30 pm

Long Island City has these two crossings going
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7408501 ... authuser=0
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:45 pm

Trainzmandude2012 wrote:Long Island City has these two crossings going
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7408501 ... authuser=0
Kind of interesting advance warning signs for these crossings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7408745 ... authuser=0
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7409183 ... authuser=0
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:38 pm

Odd setup.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2725415 ... 6656?hl=en

There use to be a gated signal here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2726157 ... 1664?hl=en
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Very faded advance warning sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.6089241 ... 6656?hl=en
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Very faded crossbuck.
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1152471 ... 6656?hl=en
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American "2 TRACKS" signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1735616 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1731315 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ZachL » Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:57 pm

luke wrote:A set of triangle gates and teardrop bells on a Union Pacific spur Halsey, Oregon: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.377165, ... 312!8i6656
That crossbuck looks fairly new! I wonder what used to be there, whether it replaced an older standard crossbuck or perhaps a cats-eyed one.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:31 pm

Google caught this crossing in Ilion (suburb of Athens) active three times!.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.032798, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0328004 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0327927 ... 6656?hl=en

You would think these YYR signals would operate like the kind you would see here in the US but they actually act as an indication that the crossing is functioning properly, just like signals in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium ect.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0327401 ... 6656?hl=en

There is also this interesting side gate for the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.03275,2 ... 6656?hl=en
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8'' Western-Cullen Hayes signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0432908 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0430841 ... 6656?hl=en
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