Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:41 am

Nascar Fan007 wrote:
Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:22 pm
Can someone explain what exactly is going on right here? Crossing abandonment? Upgrade? Downgrade? Or what?
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4521666 ... 8192?hl=en
Yes I am fully aware this crossing is on the site.
Looks like a temporary downgrade while the crossing gets upgraded, or at least has the one signal moved closer to the tracks.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by SirKrunch » Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:13 am

freebrickproductions wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:41 am
Nascar Fan007 wrote:
Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:22 pm
Can someone explain what exactly is going on right here? Crossing abandonment? Upgrade? Downgrade? Or what?
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4521666 ... 8192?hl=en
Yes I am fully aware this crossing is on the site.
Looks like a temporary downgrade while the crossing gets upgraded, or at least has the one signal moved closer to the tracks.
Certainly looks as though they're removing the remnants of the double tracking on that side. Also appears they're doing some work on the spur track as well. Perhaps they might re-locate the signal on the opposite approach to encompass the spur and have it protected too.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4517621 ... 8192?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:52 pm

Active crossing in Memphis, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1242922 ... 384!8i8192

Seen from the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1248946 ... 384!8i8192

Used to have some nice old BN equipment as well, so it's a shame to see that's all gone. At least the classic (Frisco-era?) cantilever remains, I supposed.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by PlyingKibbles89 » Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:57 pm

Found this... interesting crossing under I-70 in Denver!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7801122 ... 8192?hl=en

It's sadly gone now, due to the construction for a smart highway(?).
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:10 pm

They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by MapsSurfer » Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:02 am

Woah...

Pretty much the last place I'd think to find this!
https://www.google.com/maps/@8.2359544, ... 312!8i6656

Though, by the sound of this video it's either out of service, or been replaced by a Danish E-Bell. Those have been the standard in Sri Lanka for a while now, though I think that's changing for Chinese-made signals. But to find a Hybrid here?! Thats a shocker.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:31 pm

Neat to see a Westinghouse Hybrid bell outside of Australia! And yea, it does sadly sound like it was replaced.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by ColeD » Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:51 pm

Some older masts at this NJ crossing... also just behind the trees is a small older looking house, I wonder if it had anything to do with the railroad?

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7971541 ... 384!8i8192
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:00 pm

ColeD wrote:
Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:51 pm
Some older masts at this NJ crossing... also just behind the trees is a small older looking house, I wonder if it had anything to do with the railroad?

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7971541 ... 384!8i8192
Classic Erie equipment there, IIRC. They're on the site too:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/New_Jersey/Bloomfield/Walnut/

Sadly, that line doesn't see any use, I want to say...
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