This signal went from pretty big cantilevers to mast signals....

Before:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Old+41+North,&aq=1&sll=27.875908,-82.390954&sspn=0.002233,0.005681&ie=UTF8&t=h&rq=1&ev=zi&split=1&radius=0.21&hq=Old+41+North,&hnear=&ll=27.876382,-82.391689&spn=0.002233,0 ...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.8 ... 34,,0,4.49

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=32.7 ... ,,0,-11.55

Wow.

I think theyre silly and unnessesary myself. I would like a grahic of one to be available.
When I was looking at crossings on streetview the other days, several had crossbucks that were in decent shape, while the LOOK OUT FOR THE CARS signs were so deteriorated that they were completely unreadable ...

these are quite common at a lot of passive crossings in Florida...

To me they've never made much sense. Why would you look out for the cars when you should clearly be looking out for the engine? LOL

Yeah SGLR is kind of a podunk operation....I guess they can't justify maintaining the Sarasota line seeing how little service it gets (next to none -- maybe once weekly with a 3/4 car train). Of course the lack of service could be changing if the warehouse down the line starts accepting rail ...

Here are the old Beneva Road cantilever signals on the Seminole Gulf Sarasota line.....

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sarasota,+FL&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.094886,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sarasota,+Florida&ll=27.329928,-82.497226&spn=0.001237,0.00284&t=k ...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.4 ... ,,0,-12.24

They sure managed to cram a lot of lights on this "little" (by comparison) bridge signal.

and unfortunately people seem to take a red light much more seriously than the flashing lights of a railroad crossing.

The advance warning sign on the other setup is interesting....