Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by brett nc railfanner » Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:21 pm

An out of service branch (likely to be put into service in the close future) in Hesperia, CA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.4344915 ... 384!8i8192
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by flat train » Tue Oct 06, 2020 3:34 pm

brett nc railfanner wrote:
Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:21 pm
An out of service branch (likely to be put into service in the close future) in Hesperia, CA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.4344915 ... 384!8i8192
Interesting. Wonder what it is going to be used for.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by TheSignalMan2000 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 1:39 pm

On the same crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1423054 ... 384!8i8192
For a sec, I thought "why does one side need two gate masts, what's the point in that", until I realized it's just the Google Street View glitch of duplicate images. :LOL3:
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Nascar Fan007 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:50 pm

TheSignalMan2000 wrote:
Wed Oct 07, 2020 1:39 pm
On the same crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1423054 ... 384!8i8192
For a sec, I thought "why does one side need two gate masts, what's the point in that", until I realized it's just the Google Street View glitch of duplicate images. :LOL3:
I just love it when Google maps glitches like that. I seen worse though.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by flat train » Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:49 am

Nascar Fan007 wrote:
Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:50 pm
TheSignalMan2000 wrote:
Wed Oct 07, 2020 1:39 pm
On the same crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1423054 ... 384!8i8192
For a sec, I thought "why does one side need two gate masts, what's the point in that", until I realized it's just the Google Street View glitch of duplicate images. :LOL3:
I just love it when Google maps glitches like that. I seen worse though.
One time it looked like there was a double decker cantilever.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:07 pm

brett nc railfanner wrote:
Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:24 am
The out of service portion of the Columbia Basin Railroad in Moses Lake, WA:

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1322217 ... 384!8i8192
Interesting to see that this crossing was upgraded from Griswold Type B lights prior to being taken out of service:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1323276 ... 328!8i1664

Also worth noting that both occurred prior to 2012:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.13235,- ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by SirKrunch » Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:52 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:07 pm
brett nc railfanner wrote:
Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:24 am
The out of service portion of the Columbia Basin Railroad in Moses Lake, WA:

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1322217 ... 384!8i8192
Interesting to see that this crossing was upgraded from Griswold Type B lights prior to being taken out of service:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1323276 ... 328!8i1664

Also worth noting that both occurred prior to 2012:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.13235,- ... 312!8i6656
45-degree crossbuck further down the line
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.0871372 ... 312!8i6656
Well, :Censored:
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by brett nc railfanner » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:39 pm

Abandoned cantilevers in Philadelphia, PA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9136528 ... 384!8i8192
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by PlyingKibbles89 » Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:00 am

These signals appear to be in an okay condition(minus the missing two lights).
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.141156, ... 8192?hl=en

Here's one where the grade was torn up.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1429891 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by LARDLOGO » Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:45 am

The signals at Ferry Street in Sedro-Woolley were removed sometime in the past few months with the grade being removed and paved over. They were the last remaining signals with 8" lights in the entire Whatcom/Skagit county area.

https://goo.gl/maps/Bhzwf4ZfWDMGWZqx5
https://goo.gl/maps/FSvu7Y6HS8AeCY1V6

There was a rumor of the signals being put on display in Burlington at this location, but I never saw them when I was up in the area last month.
https://goo.gl/maps/xTih6uMuXBzjjS2H9

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State Street was a passive crossing. IIRC, the signs still remain.
https://goo.gl/maps/zsCVMGokRnKKbxAU6
https://goo.gl/maps/AaeZi55cBgjat3SF6
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Line becomes covered in forest and vegetation until the tracks end at Jameson Street.
https://goo.gl/maps/uZ2imPoxVtmVcniU6
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This trestle is still in place going over the Skagit River. It's cut off just before going over Skagit Highway.
https://goo.gl/maps/yHvTV13JwRQ76man8
https://goo.gl/maps/8854gCfR2YnGJpee8
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Nothing until Division Street in Arlington where this lone cantilever remains.
https://goo.gl/maps/9Jc6Yx5fJtBS6TVr6
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Tracks resurface just past 3rd Street and become active not too far past their resurfacing. You can even see a local switcher parked on the end of the line.
https://goo.gl/maps/JHo2A7Lp7K7RzvBx9
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Out-of-Service industrial lead that branches off of the line.
https://goo.gl/maps/4pf5envP2Z36mAVq7
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Unrelated, but this trestle goes over I-5 in Marysville not too far from where the line diverges onto the Bellingham Subdivision. Nothing left of this line but this trestle and some track to the west end of I-5.
https://goo.gl/maps/S3nsy3wnA174TwT6A
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