Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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- dan the ca railfan
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
found western pacific railroad bridge that is still in service that was built in 1927!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9612685 ... authuser=0
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9612685 ... authuser=0
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very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!
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That's a WCH 5 inch base.dan the ca railfan wrote:found railroad crossing in olive hearst ca which has a highway flasher which i bileive has a transport corpooration products base!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1046125 ... authuser=0
None of those are "completely original", all of the original lights were replaced on them. In fact, none of those lights are 8 inch, they're all 12 inch (most of which are 12x24 inch Harmon lights, it appears).dan the ca railfan wrote:Well this sucks almost complete original griswold setup it still has rhe griswold pedestal gates and two Griswold mechanical crossing bells. What a rare sight these days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0954534 ... 312!8i6656
found another one it has two pedestal gates and a griswold mechanical bell and for some bizzare reason awch 0333 bell
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0771165 ... authuser=0
another two pedestal gates plus two freakin ebells what the who installed this
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0553825 ... authuser=0
found one that was all original but the griswold bells were replaced with ebells it has 8- inch lights which were replaced but i ain't compaining as for some reason the 8-inch griswold lights were replaced with 8-inch safe tran lights.
four more
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9193593 ... authuser=0
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9250269 ... authuser=0
found another crossing that was seriously almoast all original had it not had an wch mechanical replaced one of the two griswold bells it would complete
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8237715 ... authuser=0
And also:
The signal maintainer for that section of the line likely did after the bells that were there died.dan the ca railfan wrote: another two pedestal gates plus two freakin ebells what the who installed this
Rare on UP lines, anyways. I know of a good number of them on former L&N and SCL lines around the southeastern US.dan the ca railfan wrote:found rare black mechanical bell
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.86802,- ... 312!8i6656
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found raco hydraulic gate in los angeles thats still actualy there plus it still has it's 8-inch lights but the teardrop bell is gone replaced with general signals electronic bell
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7537635 ... 384!8i8192
back when it still had its teardrop bell
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7536858 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7537635 ... 384!8i8192
back when it still had its teardrop bell
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since when do you see a signal maintainer in action maintaning signals.
scene meridian ave. witcha ks
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6609886 ... 312!8i6656
scene meridian ave. witcha ks
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6609886 ... 312!8i6656
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sledge ave memphis tn
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1258027 ... 312!8i6656
whats weird is that this crossing is still in service but the signals it has replaced old signals because the old signals cantilivers are still there al be it nothing else though
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1258027 ... 312!8i6656
whats weird is that this crossing is still in service but the signals it has replaced old signals because the old signals cantilivers are still there al be it nothing else though
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two all original raco cantilievers on coward pi memphis tn in Action!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1294734 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1294734 ... 312!8i6656
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dan the ca railfan wrote:sledge ave memphis tn
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1258027 ... 312!8i6656
whats weird is that this crossing is still in service but the signals it has replaced old signals because the old signals cantilivers are still there al be it nothing else though
By the looks of it, the cantilevers were last used in 2007 before the mast signals were put up sometime between August 2007 to September 2008 and I'm not to sure if they have already disconnected it when they put the newer mast up in 2008, or if they kept it going until the lights were removed sometime between September 2008 to July 2014
2007: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.125916, ... 328!8i1664
2008: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1259535 ... 328!8i1664
2014: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1259843 ... 312!8i6656
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- dan the ca railfan
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found a crossing with four pedestal em gates yes all four gate mechanisms at this crossing are pedestal gates
scene
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0548839 ... authuser=0
scene
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0548839 ... authuser=0
very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!