Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ZachL » Fri May 18, 2018 9:38 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Signals on concrete bases!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.96127 ... 312!8i6656
Seymour has a lot of classic stuff! :TUP1:
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Post by ZachL » Fri May 18, 2018 9:39 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:New installation of an 8" cantilever in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec.
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https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7747401 ... 6656?hl=en
The lights appear to be recycled.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by MapsSurfer » Fri May 18, 2018 11:19 pm

ZachL wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Signals on concrete bases!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.96127 ... 312!8i6656
Seymour has a lot of classic stuff! :TUP1:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Does anybody know when Crossing Flashers stopped being installed in road centers? This seems to be the norm for signals installed pre-1950.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ToledoRailfan » Fri May 18, 2018 11:23 pm

MapsSurfer wrote:
ZachL wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Signals on concrete bases!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.96127 ... 312!8i6656
Seymour has a lot of classic stuff! :TUP1:
Does anybody know when the practice of placing the Flashers in the center of the road ended? This seems to be the norm for signals installed pre-1950.
If I had to guess I would say in the 40s.
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Post by ToledoRailfan » Fri May 18, 2018 11:40 pm

This setup in Lucas, Ohio is pretty dumb. The street to the left is protected just by signal on the other side of the crossing.
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Post by freebrickproductions » Sat May 19, 2018 1:11 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
MapsSurfer wrote:
ZachL wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Signals on concrete bases!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.96127 ... 312!8i6656
Seymour has a lot of classic stuff! :TUP1:
Does anybody know when the practice of placing the Flashers in the center of the road ended? This seems to be the norm for signals installed pre-1950.
If I had to guess I would say in the 40s.
It also depended on the railroad. Don't believe the SOU, L&N, or NC&StL ever installed signals in the middle of the road unless it was a divided highway.
They/Them for me, please.

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Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat May 19, 2018 9:53 am

Crossing activating for a train.
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Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat May 19, 2018 2:21 pm

Homemade crossbuck in Frederic, Michigan.
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Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat May 19, 2018 3:41 pm

This railroad crossing in Windsor, Ontario right where the access road to the Ambassador Bridge and a local traffic road split from each other. I wonder how backed up the traffic becomes for the border when there is a train?
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Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat May 19, 2018 4:09 pm

Vintage crossing signal with WCH/WRRS Mechanical motor driven bell on display at the Bacardi Distillery in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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