A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by SirKrunch » Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:53 pm

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Those gate mechanisms are probably from before the gate mechanisms that we see nowadays even existed! :cool:
Still there too it appears! Sweet find! :Clap:
This deserves a bump for a video.
Well, :Censored:
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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by ToledoRailfan » Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:54 pm

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

Post by Erik-Gorb-Hamilton » Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:00 pm

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:

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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:45 pm

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.
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:26 am

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.
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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:12 am

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!
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:49 am

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.
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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by ZachL » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:21 am

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.
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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:57 pm

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!
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:15 pm

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!
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