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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri May 05, 2017 1:43 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@43.03682 ... 312!8i6656

The crossing was closed in 2010 when a Cul-De-Sac was built, the signals were removed later that year and the only remaining equipment is the relay case.

Here is a video of the crossing shortly after it was closed.
I wonder if they plan on building houses there.
Depends, there's 2 houses on the street anyway, one just right next to the Cul-De-Sac, (on the right behind the tree) and one at the end of the street (behind the camera) depends if a housing committee has enough land acre to construct houses there.
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:35 pm

Bringing this topic back up, found this closed off crossing in Jandakot, Western Australia.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.089 ... 312!8i6656
The crossbucks are still there though, but i'm sure that this road used to be used by traffic once upon a time. The road has since been locked off by a gate. But i think it may still get used by Pacific National maintenance vehicles.
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:18 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Bringing this topic back up, found this closed off crossing in Jandakot, Western Australia.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-32.089 ... 312!8i6656
The crossbucks are still there though, but i'm sure that this road used to be used by traffic once upon a time. The road has since been locked off by a gate. But i think it may still get used by Pacific National maintenance vehicles.
Looks like it could be a private road.
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:04 am

Port Talbot Parkway, Wales.
Here is the crossing on GSV which was taken a month before its closure.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59154 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing has been closed off to traffic since July 2011, but the lights and equipment is still there although the rubber grade was removed last year. The lights, barriers, and yodalarms still work!
Here is a video, its not the best sorry, tried to find a video without its rubber grade but couldn't find one.

Here is the crossing today
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59187 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ToledoRailfan » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:10 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:Port Talbot Parkway, Wales.
Here is the crossing on GSV which was taken a month before its closure.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59154 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing has been closed off to traffic since July 2011, but the lights and equipment is still there although the rubber grade was removed last year. The lights, barriers, and yodalarms still work!
Here is a video, its not the best sorry, tried to find a video without its rubber grade but couldn't find one.

Here is the crossing today
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59187 ... 312!8i6656
Aren't crossings like that manually controlled? You would they that it wouldn't work anymore sense there isn't any activation equipment to use. Although maybe they do it so if someone is thinking about crossing the tracks, they at least will know if there is a train coming even though they're crossing over the tracks without the crossing.
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:38 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Port Talbot Parkway, Wales.
Here is the crossing on GSV which was taken a month before its closure.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59154 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing has been closed off to traffic since July 2011, but the lights and equipment is still there although the rubber grade was removed last year. The lights, barriers, and yodalarms still work!
Here is a video, its not the best sorry, tried to find a video without its rubber grade but couldn't find one.

Here is the crossing today
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59187 ... 312!8i6656
Aren't crossings like that manually controlled? You would they that it wouldn't work anymore sense there isn't any activation equipment to use. Although maybe they do it so if someone is thinking about crossing the tracks, they at least will know if there is a train coming even though they're crossing over the tracks without the crossing.
Presumably, the crossing had to be lowered at times for the safety of pedestrians, now that Network Rail removed the rubber grade, i don't know if that means pedestrians are safe to cross the crossing, as without the rubber grade they're exposed to live rail wires.

Here is another example in Uttoxer. I don't know if there was a road once upon a time, but the road ends once you reach the crossing as two blocks stop you. It is still open to pedestrians as the rubber grade hasn't been removed.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.89537 ... 312!8i6656

Here is a strange example in Sherburn-On-Elmet, the barriers used to be fixed down, but to provide pedestrian access, Network Rail removed two of the barriers facing the left, and cut the barriers and the skirt on two of the barriers on the right to provide pedestrian access. Quite a strange setup to be honest.
What it used to look like.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.7969783 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:44 am

And for whatever reason, the barriers still operate in the set-up that they would've had when it was a road crossing...
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by ToledoRailfan » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:50 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Port Talbot Parkway, Wales.
Here is the crossing on GSV which was taken a month before its closure.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59154 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing has been closed off to traffic since July 2011, but the lights and equipment is still there although the rubber grade was removed last year. The lights, barriers, and yodalarms still work!
Here is a video, its not the best sorry, tried to find a video without its rubber grade but couldn't find one.

Here is the crossing today
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59187 ... 312!8i6656
Aren't crossings like that manually controlled? You would they that it wouldn't work anymore sense there isn't any activation equipment to use. Although maybe they do it so if someone is thinking about crossing the tracks, they at least will know if there is a train coming even though they're crossing over the tracks without the crossing.
i don't know if that means pedestrians are safe to cross the crossing,

What I was thinking is that even though it isn't safe for pedestrians to crossing, they might still operate the signals just to prevent any pedestrians from crossing when there is a train coming.
NathanFromEngland wrote: as without the rubber grade they're exposed to live rail wires.
Maybe they haven't extended the third rail to where the crossing is yet.
NathanFromEngland wrote: Here is a strange example in Sherburn-On-Elmet, the barriers used to be fixed down, but to provide pedestrian access, Network Rail removed two of the barriers facing the left, and cut the barriers and the skirt on two of the barriers on the right to provide pedestrian access. Quite a strange setup to be honest.
What it used to look like.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.7969783 ... 312!8i6656
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I've heard of that crossing before. :TUP2:

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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:55 am

I'm not sure about this one, but the streetview is outdated. And the lack of videos don't show if the crossing is there or not, i may've asked this before.
Orlando, Florida.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53247 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Closed off railroad crossings.

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:20 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:I'm not sure about this one, but the streetview is outdated. And the lack of videos don't show if the crossing is there or not, i may've asked this before.
Orlando, Florida.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53247 ... 6656?hl=en
Looks like it's still open:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53339 ... !1e3?hl=en
They were likely just replacing the grade at the time.
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