Yeah... they're trying to use them as sidelights, but mounted the bracket as if they were going to point them forward.freebrickproductions wrote:The old cantilever is cool, but those mast lights look straight up ugly with how close they are on the new one.
Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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Check out what used to be there... bet that one signal used to be a wig wag: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6040344 ... 1664?hl=enToledoRailfan wrote:Odd cantilevers and modern SORS signs outside of Michigan. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6040354 ... 6656?hl=en
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Quite a complicated intersection in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The track splits off 2 ways with part of it turning into several blocks of street running. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0603635 ... 6656?hl=en. Here is a view of a street running train (a few blocks down) in May 2015: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 469&nseq=5
Interesting photo from Pennsylvania in 1985, the tracks are sadly long gone: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 42&nseq=27
Interesting photo from Pennsylvania in 1985, the tracks are sadly long gone: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 42&nseq=27
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
I don't think this was covered here before (at least, a search turned up zippo)...
A little bit of Canada has made its way to Attica, Ohio:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0627467 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0628707 ... 56!6m1!1e1
A little bit of Canada has made its way to Attica, Ohio:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0627467 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0628707 ... 56!6m1!1e1
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Wow, and that's on an NS line of all railways. I think it'd be CN to do that instead.busman_49 wrote:I don't think this was covered here before (at least, a search turned up zippo)...
A little bit of Canada has made its way to Attica, Ohio:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0627467 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0628707 ... 56!6m1!1e1
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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Those have been up there for quite some time, too. I got a picture of the eastbound sign back in 2005.ZachL wrote:Wow, and that's on an NS line of all railways. I think it'd be CN to do that instead.busman_49 wrote:I don't think this was covered here before (at least, a search turned up zippo)...
A little bit of Canada has made its way to Attica, Ohio:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0627467 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0628707 ... 56!6m1!1e1Nice catch!
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At the risk of multiple posts (sorry guys), this is on property in Delaware next to one of their railroad buildings:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3001446 ... 312!8i6656
Yikes!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3001446 ... 312!8i6656
Yikes!
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That's just wrong in so many ways.busman_49 wrote:At the risk of multiple posts (sorry guys), this is on property in Delaware next to one of their railroad buildings:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3001446 ... 312!8i6656
Yikes!
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
I don't think I've seen those types of crossbucks being used on a signal instead of being on their own. I'm surprised something like that would still be in use all the way into the 1980s.cabman701 wrote: Interesting photo from Pennsylvania in 1985, the tracks are sadly long gone: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 42&nseq=27
I remember coming across those a while back on Google Steetview. I don't think that I posted them here though. I remember a couple years ago, someone posted Canadian 2 track signs on an American crossing that I think was also in Ohio. I'd like to know the story on how those signs got there.busman_49 wrote:I don't think this was covered here before (at least, a search turned up zippo)...
A little bit of Canada has made its way to Attica, Ohio:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0627467 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0628707 ... 56!6m1!1e1
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This crossing is just down from the display crossing I posted earlier in Pinellas Park, Florida. I stopped and snapped a few pictures of it as I was out running errands Saturday morning. The third gate is actually for a driveway for the back entrance to a police station. It is the only crossing that I know of along this line that still has all 8 inch lights.freebrickproductions wrote:Here's a rather cool 8 inch crossing in Florida with three mechanical bells:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8417648 ... 312!8i6656
I would love to see this in action, but there are at most only a few trains a week through here, and I believe mostly at night, so it may take awhile.