Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

TrickyMario7654 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:East Windsor, Connecticut.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9298579 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9297623 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9284878 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9281957 ... 6656?hl=en

It's got a mini bell too! Odd gate mechanisms, BTW.

Those gate mechanisms are probably from before the gate mechanisms that we see nowadays even existed!

Still there too it appears! Sweet find!

This deserves a bump for a video.

Here is a pedestrian gate in Glenns Ferry, Idaho!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9534589 ... 312!8i6656

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pedestrian gate in Glenns Ferry, Idaho!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9534589 ... 312!8i6656

Sadly not there anymore. I was there a couple of days ago and all that has been replaced. Oddly enough the E-bells on the new crossings are side mounted below the lights. How ever there was something even more rare the wishbones when I visited:



That is a open top tri level auto rack car. Built Jan-March, 1975. AFAIK there are NO Auto racks on the mainline that still have open tops. This guy was sitting in storage with some other cool equipment including a Western Pacific hopper and some C&NW green grain cars

Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:Oddly enough the E-bells on the new crossings are side mounted below the lights.

That would be UP's current standard for bell mounting. They use NEG e-bells, so they put them there to actually be able to be heard.

Here is a pair in Brattleboro, Vermont.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.835302, ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about them through this video.

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pair in Brattleboro, Vermont.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.835302, ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about them through this video.

Interesting that they're still there! Probably the last left on a non-museum crossing here in the US!

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pair in Brattleboro, Vermont.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.835302, ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about them through this video.

Interesting that they're still there! Probably the last left on a non-museum crossing here in the US!

Don't forget about the ones on the DART system in Dallas which might be modern wishbone gates.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pair in Brattleboro, Vermont.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.835302, ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about them through this video.

Interesting that they're still there! Probably the last left on a non-museum crossing here in the US!

Don't forget about the ones on the DART system in Dallas which might be modern wishbone gates.

Well the ones on the DART system are in existence because of the obstructions that prevent them from being full sized gates.

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pair in Brattleboro, Vermont.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.835302, ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about them through this video.

Interesting that they're still there! Probably the last left on a non-museum crossing here in the US!

Don't forget about the ones on the DART system in Dallas which might be modern wishbone gates.

Well the ones on the DART system are in existence because of the obstructions that prevent them from being full sized gates.

I believe the DART ones are also aluminum, while these appear to still be wooden!

Here is a pair in Jasper, Alberta. I already posted this in Google Maps Scavenger Hunt back in December.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8722828 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8725636 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is an active view of the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8717739 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is are some views of the crossing when it had 8'' lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8724221 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8722142 ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about them through this video. Pretty odd that they lower while the train is at the crossing!