Weird, unusual Crossing

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Re: Weird, unusual Crossing

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ooowaaaaa?
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=East+Sou ... 2,,2,-4.27
The lights were position to be visible around the mast so it looks derpy(in my own words).
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TheSignalMan2000 wrote:I was browsing around my crossing area to check out any crossings I'm thinking of taking some pictures to put on this site and I come across a weird looking signal just southwest of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 06,,0,6.43
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 19,,0,8.54

If it wasn't for that one weird signal on the eastern side of the crossing, I would think the western side had something to do with the road intersection next to the crossing
Pawtucket has found a way to make a crossing look like a traffic light:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Providen ... 8,,0,-4.06
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Providen ... 62,,1,-3.5
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Providen ... 89,,0,0.84
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Having pedestrian signals at a crossing seems like an Australian way of having a crossing:
https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.33199,-7 ... ,,0,-20.02
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Trainzmandude2012 wrote:Having pedestrian signals at a crossing seems like an Australian way of having a crossing:
https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.33199,-7 ... ,,0,-20.02
Check your Google link above... nothing Australian about it. :Tongue1: It is going to the "long gate" post you did in that thread.
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As of 2015. One of the signals has been removed. https://www.google.com/maps/@30.402319, ... 6656?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:As of 2015. One of the signals has been removed. https://www.google.com/maps/@30.402319, ... 6656?hl=en
Been gone since 2013:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4022614 ... 6656?hl=en

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the remaining signal doesn't even work either.

Also, the lenses were yellow and not red, so I think they probably used to flash 24/7, but are now out of service:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.402452, ... 6656?hl=en
They/Them for me, please.

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freebrickproductions wrote:Also, the lenses were yellow and not red, so I think they probably used to flash 24/7, but are now out of service:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.402452, ... 6656?hl=en
Agreed. There is no railroad "control box" at the crossing. All that would have been needed to make those flash 24/7 is a simple flasher module which if I had to guess is probably on this telephone pole under the electric meter: https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4023412 ... 6656?hl=en
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cabman701 wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Also, the lenses were yellow and not red, so I think they probably used to flash 24/7, but are now out of service:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.402452, ... 6656?hl=en
Agreed. There is no railroad "control box" at the crossing. All that would have been needed to make those flash 24/7 is a simple flasher module which if I had to guess is probably on this telephone pole under the electric meter: https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4023412 ... 6656?hl=en
Actually, that just appears to be a standard disconnect.
The flasher appears to have been located under the lower light on each "signal":
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.402452, ... 6656?hl=en
And even that appears to be a modified signal section:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4024169 ... 6656?hl=en
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freebrickproductions wrote:Actually, that just appears to be a standard disconnect.
The flasher appears to have been located under the lower light on each "signal":
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.402452, ... 6656?hl=en
And even that appears to be a modified signal section:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4024169 ... 6656?hl=en
Good catch... I hadn't noticed those boxes under the lights.
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