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Re: Bell only crossings

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McK&H.Aust wrote:This has also been posted in the US&S Teardrop bell thread.

Assumption, Illinois
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172547 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172552 ... 6656?hl=en
Sorry to get off topic. I went searching around that village and I found a caboose on display with a signal that is not in good condition. The signal has a teardrop bell and one 8'' light that is missing it's background and maybe it's visor. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5196288 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Bell only crossings

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ToledoRailfan wrote:
McK&H.Aust wrote:This has also been posted in the US&S Teardrop bell thread.

Assumption, Illinois
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172547 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172552 ... 6656?hl=en
Sorry to get off topic. I went searching around that village and I found a caboose on display with a signal that is not in good condition. The signal has a teardrop bell and one 8'' light that is missing it's background and maybe it's visor. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5196288 ... 6656?hl=en
Actually, it looks like the signal has all of its lights and visors:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5198226 ... 6656?hl=en
That particular model of light may not have been made to have a background.
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Bell only crossings

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freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
McK&H.Aust wrote:This has also been posted in the US&S Teardrop bell thread.

Assumption, Illinois
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172547 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172552 ... 6656?hl=en
Sorry to get off topic. I went searching around that village and I found a caboose on display with a signal that is not in good condition. The signal has a teardrop bell and one 8'' light that is missing it's background and maybe it's visor. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5196288 ... 6656?hl=en
Actually, it looks like the signal has all of its lights and visors:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5198226 ... 6656?hl=en
That particular model of light may not have been made to have a background.
Must have been an illusion, I probably did not notice it sense I first saw it from the side too. I was also thinking it could have been one of those old signals without backgrounds, there recently was two pairs of them not to far from where I live along with two crossings that had one of those signals.
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Re: Bell only crossings

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ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
McK&H.Aust wrote:This has also been posted in the US&S Teardrop bell thread.

Assumption, Illinois
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172547 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5172552 ... 6656?hl=en
Sorry to get off topic. I went searching around that village and I found a caboose on display with a signal that is not in good condition. The signal has a teardrop bell and one 8'' light that is missing it's background and maybe it's visor. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5196288 ... 6656?hl=en
Actually, it looks like the signal has all of its lights and visors:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5198226 ... 6656?hl=en
That particular model of light may not have been made to have a background.
Must have been an illusion, I probably did not notice it sense I first saw it from the side too. I was also thinking it could have been one of those old signals without backgrounds, there recently was two pairs of them not to far from where I live along with two crossings that had one of those signals.
It's not just you... Google blurred out part of the tree and the signal in that link you provided.
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Re: Bell only crossings

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Found this one in McLoud, Oklahoma

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4381635 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4382604 ... 6656?hl=en

I know it's a little off topic but there seems to be some confusion with Google spelling the name of the street as "Pittman" but the street sign says "Pitman".
I quite like the small sign, it looks neat https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4382082 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Bell only crossings

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McK&H.Aust wrote:I know it's a little off topic but there seems to be some confusion with Google spelling the name of the street as "Pittman" but the street sign says "Pitman".
I quite like the small sign, it looks neat https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4382082 ... 6656?hl=en
Google Maps are entirely user-edited, so it could be someone went in there and made it spelled as Pittman instead of Pitman. You could change it to Pitman in Google's map maker and see if gets approved. :Tongue2:
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Re: Bell only crossings

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ZachL wrote:
McK&H.Aust wrote:I know it's a little off topic but there seems to be some confusion with Google spelling the name of the street as "Pittman" but the street sign says "Pitman".
I quite like the small sign, it looks neat https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4382082 ... 6656?hl=en
Google Maps are entirely user-edited, so it could be someone went in there and made it spelled as Pittman instead of Pitman. You could change it to Pitman in Google's map maker and see if gets approved. :Tongue2:
I think the information in the upper left corner can not be edited by users, but I don't know that for sure.
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Re: Bell only crossings

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ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
McK&H.Aust wrote:I know it's a little off topic but there seems to be some confusion with Google spelling the name of the street as "Pittman" but the street sign says "Pitman".
I quite like the small sign, it looks neat https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4382082 ... 6656?hl=en
Google Maps are entirely user-edited, so it could be someone went in there and made it spelled as Pittman instead of Pitman. You could change it to Pitman in Google's map maker and see if gets approved. :Tongue2:
I think the information in the upper left corner can not be edited by users, but I don't know that for sure.
The road name displayed there typically ties in with the road that it's on. Maybe the city/zip information cannot be edited, but I know that the road name can be.
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Re: Bell only crossings

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Here's one in the Netherlands!


Google Maps link: https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1790627 ... 312!8i6656
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Bell only crossings

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Came across this one in Deerfield IL... https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1808015 ... !1e1?hl=en

And here is the crossing in action with an awesome video of a steamer doing 70 MPH! :Drool:

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