Anybody remember a couple months ago when the maps still showed abandoned railroads? They aren't there anymore which I don't really like since I want to know where old rail lines used to run. Oh well, there is a ton of streetview now and it is more accurate so I shouldn't complain.

IMO the problems with Vista are that Microsoft rushed it to market without adequately checking it for compatibility with hardware and older software, and they made it a very resource-taxing OS before most user's hardware had caught up. For example, my current laptop (HP bought new with Vista in ...

I'm betting it was a malfunction or glitch with the electronics, I mean no one in their right mind would use that horrible wrggh sound as a bell right?

Instead of removing wig wags, they should try doing something like this.

Here are some Italian crossing signals I found on youtube. The last one looks like a teardrop bell!

Unfortunately, the last train left my town about 70 years ago. I've seen some pictures of the interurban that used to run here and there were some wigwags but they were torn up and abandoned in 1939. No railroad crosses nearby here. :(

Check out the bell at 5:46, the bell wears out.

Anybody know what is causing this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJkjuZBkmVM

My thoughts:

With the gate striping, I'm sure that this will reduce the amount of up-side down gates. However, I see no mention if the current standard of slanted stripes will still be allowed; It would be an unnecessary waste of many to have to replace every gate simply to change the striping ...

Post some examples you have come across.



Apparently the DOT thinks that this is a boring Oregon city