Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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- Erik-Gorb-Hamilton
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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- brett nc railfanner
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Active crossing in Richmond, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9246301 ... 312!8i6656
Another active crossing in Richmond, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9261742 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9246301 ... 312!8i6656
Another active crossing in Richmond, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9261742 ... 312!8i6656
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
If it looks like a dog and barks like a dog, then it must be a dog.
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
- NathanFromEngland
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Whoa...
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0317468 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0319075 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0317468 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0319075 ... 312!8i6656
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- freebrickproductions
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Active crossing in Kingsport, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5439023 ... 312!8i6656
Another active crossing with a short ballast train:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5946009 ... 312!8i6656
There used to be a triangle gate mech here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5947235 ... 328!8i1664
Classic crossings:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1968693 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1071358 ... 312!8i6656
A bit of an interesting set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0360879 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5439023 ... 312!8i6656
Another active crossing with a short ballast train:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5946009 ... 312!8i6656
There used to be a triangle gate mech here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5947235 ... 328!8i1664
Classic crossings:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1968693 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1071358 ... 312!8i6656
A bit of an interesting set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0360879 ... 312!8i6656
They/Them for me, please.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
What about it?NathanFromEngland wrote:Whoa...
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0317468 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0319075 ... 312!8i6656
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
- NathanFromEngland
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
The fact the crossing runs through a roundabout.ZachL wrote:What about it?NathanFromEngland wrote:Whoa...
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0317468 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0319075 ... 312!8i6656
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- freebrickproductions
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Older SOU signals on the WTRR in Ramer, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0695904 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.168328, ... 312!8i6656
There's also an extra crossbuck for what looks to be an abandoned crossing here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.168328, ... 312!8i6656
It also has a "1 Tracks" sign!
Some very classic SOU signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2349401 ... 312!8i6656
More late SOU signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3582369 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4363338 ... 312!8i6656
A pure gateless 1980s NS install!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.475886, ... 312!8i6656
You guessed it, lol:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4909558 ... 312!8i6656
A very long crossing with some classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5795964 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5790006 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like there was a wayside signal here as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5790522 ... 312!8i6656
More classic crossings:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5580006 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5696886 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5750909 ... 312!8i6656
GRS gate mech!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5751554 ... 312!8i6656
Used to be some 12x20 inch Lex-C lights here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6124993 ... 328!8i1664
RACO mechanical bell?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6124995 ... 328!8i1664
Long gone, sadly...
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6124538 ... 312!8i6656
Another classic crossing with an interesting signal on one side due to the utility pole:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6167751 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like another RACO mechanical bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6168011 ... 312!8i6656
More classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.608756, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6132895 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6141328 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.614947, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6156729 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6277426 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.632422, ... 312!8i6656
Crooked crossbuck:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.669418, ... 312!8i6656
More classic installs:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6884084 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7425491 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like another RACO bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9808268 ... 312!8i6656
Continuing the classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1276302 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2029104 ... 312!8i6656
Looks to be yet another RACO bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.78527,- ... 312!8i6656
More late SOU equipment:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8015909 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8042068 ... 312!8i6656
Another RACO bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8807488 ... 312!8i6656
Some abandoned SOU signals along the WTRR:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8807437 ... 312!8i6656
More pure 1980s NS installs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9057971 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.912723, ... 312!8i6656
Another late SOU install, though a bit interesting how the cantilever is all 8 inch:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9151162 ... 312!8i6656
More old SOU equipment:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9180847 ... 312!8i6656
Another pure 1980s NS install with an interesting set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9220752 ... 312!8i6656
More classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9297344 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9641726 ... 312!8i6656
Some very classic SOU signals with the original GRS gate mechs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9757997 ... 312!8i6656
More pure 1980s NS installs:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0746897 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0763311 ... 312!8i6656
An interesting late-SOU install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1514689 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1513505 ... 312!8i6656
Another late-SOU crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1533063 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1534895 ... 312!8i6656
Another old SOU install with a GRS gate mech!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1542073 ... 312!8i6656
More 1980s NS:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2325265 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3321364 ... 312!8i6656
Another late SOU install with a signal maintainer:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3401812 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like one of the lights at this crossing is drooping:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.346923, ... 312!8i6656
And it's also another 1980s NS install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.346923, ... 312!8i6656
More old SOU:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3547113 ... 312!8i6656
More 1980s NS:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4227401 ... 312!8i6656
Another classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4954879 ... 312!8i6656
This classic WRRS install is on the TN/KY state line!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.502503, ... 312!8i6656
More classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5039422 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0695904 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.168328, ... 312!8i6656
There's also an extra crossbuck for what looks to be an abandoned crossing here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.168328, ... 312!8i6656
It also has a "1 Tracks" sign!
Some very classic SOU signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2349401 ... 312!8i6656
More late SOU signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3582369 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4363338 ... 312!8i6656
A pure gateless 1980s NS install!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.475886, ... 312!8i6656
You guessed it, lol:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4909558 ... 312!8i6656
A very long crossing with some classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5795964 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5790006 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like there was a wayside signal here as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5790522 ... 312!8i6656
More classic crossings:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5580006 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5696886 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5750909 ... 312!8i6656
GRS gate mech!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5751554 ... 312!8i6656
Used to be some 12x20 inch Lex-C lights here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6124993 ... 328!8i1664
RACO mechanical bell?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6124995 ... 328!8i1664
Long gone, sadly...
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6124538 ... 312!8i6656
Another classic crossing with an interesting signal on one side due to the utility pole:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6167751 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like another RACO mechanical bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6168011 ... 312!8i6656
More classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.608756, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6132895 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6141328 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.614947, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6156729 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6277426 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.632422, ... 312!8i6656
Crooked crossbuck:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.669418, ... 312!8i6656
More classic installs:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6884084 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7425491 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like another RACO bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9808268 ... 312!8i6656
Continuing the classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1276302 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2029104 ... 312!8i6656
Looks to be yet another RACO bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.78527,- ... 312!8i6656
More late SOU equipment:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8015909 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8042068 ... 312!8i6656
Another RACO bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8807488 ... 312!8i6656
Some abandoned SOU signals along the WTRR:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8807437 ... 312!8i6656
More pure 1980s NS installs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9057971 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.912723, ... 312!8i6656
Another late SOU install, though a bit interesting how the cantilever is all 8 inch:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9151162 ... 312!8i6656
More old SOU equipment:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9180847 ... 312!8i6656
Another pure 1980s NS install with an interesting set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9220752 ... 312!8i6656
More classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9297344 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9641726 ... 312!8i6656
Some very classic SOU signals with the original GRS gate mechs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9757997 ... 312!8i6656
More pure 1980s NS installs:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0746897 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0763311 ... 312!8i6656
An interesting late-SOU install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1514689 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1513505 ... 312!8i6656
Another late-SOU crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1533063 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1534895 ... 312!8i6656
Another old SOU install with a GRS gate mech!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1542073 ... 312!8i6656
More 1980s NS:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2325265 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3321364 ... 312!8i6656
Another late SOU install with a signal maintainer:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3401812 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like one of the lights at this crossing is drooping:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.346923, ... 312!8i6656
And it's also another 1980s NS install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.346923, ... 312!8i6656
More old SOU:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3547113 ... 312!8i6656
More 1980s NS:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4227401 ... 312!8i6656
Another classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4954879 ... 312!8i6656
This classic WRRS install is on the TN/KY state line!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.502503, ... 312!8i6656
More classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5039422 ... 312!8i6656
They/Them for me, please.
Click here if you want to submit crossing photos to the site!
Avatar by runesprite on Twitter.
Click here if you want to submit crossing photos to the site!
Avatar by runesprite on Twitter.
- Erik-Gorb-Hamilton
- Posts: 180
- Joined: Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:25 am
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Classic signal in Norristown PA
US&S or GRS Dwarf signals being used for something pedestrian related
US&S or GRS Dwarf signals being used for something pedestrian related
Continuing my
Grandfathers
Legacy
CEO of the Stratford Gap Railway
Grandfathers
Legacy
CEO of the Stratford Gap Railway
- NathanFromEngland
- Posts: 2370
- Joined: Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:52 pm
- Location: Merseyside
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Still there as of November 2017! Looks to have been repainted thoughErik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:Classic signal in Norristown PA
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1104168 ... 6656?hl=en
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