Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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cabman701 wrote:
busman_49 wrote:Blanchester, Ohio...GSV is nearly 3 years old as I write this, so I don't know if this still exists...Wonder why they left the old gate bases?
http://goo.gl/maps/H1iHd
http://goo.gl/maps/cYTnG
They were there in 2009 also... so I'm guessing they probably are still there today. Weird!
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Looks like the Griswold pedestal gate mechs weren't the only things left behind at that crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.292289, ... !2e0?hl=en

Also, here's an active crossing in a small town in Alabama:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=50894+AL ... 96,,0,0.64
They/Them for me, please.

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freebrickproductions wrote:
Active crossings for an empty intermodal train: https://maps.google.com/mapshl=en&ll=36 ... 2,,0,-0.18
What's up with the cyclops side light? https://www.google.com/maps/@36.312388, ... !2e0?hl=en :TDOWN:

I also thought the billboard on the right of that intersection was a bit ironic: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.312246, ... !2e0?hl=en
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Duluth GA: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.999639, ... !2e0?hl=en

Train had just cleared the crossing (on the 2nd track, not the track the hi-railer is on).
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They/Them for me, please.

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They/Them for me, please.

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Here are some gate mechanisms that used to have wooden gates, but were converted to hold a standard gate arm in a rather unorthodox fashion:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=30th+Ave ... 51,,3,1.54
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=30th+Ave ... .4,,3,1.04
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freebrickproductions wrote:Here are some gate mechanisms that used to have wooden gates, but were converted to hold a standard gate arm in a rather unorthodox fashion:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=30th+Ave ... 51,,3,1.54
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=30th+Ave ... .4,,3,1.04
Oh my, those look very ugly. :No1:
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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They/Them for me, please.

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They/Them for me, please.

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