Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

[brett nc railfanner]

Johnson city, TN
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3110571 ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1194523 ... 6656?hl=en

Another active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1426368 ... 6656?hl=en

Yet another:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707998 ... 6656?hl=en

[chris96]

Sorry if these have been posted on the site somewhere before, but the tramway at The Grove, Los Angeles has a couple of Wig Wags:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@34.0723 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@34.0722 ... 56!6m1!1e1
These appear to be custom made and not "real" units form a railroad.

[ZachL]

Yet another:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707998 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow, those signals almost look like they could be operating on battery power!

[freebrickproductions]

Yet another:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707998 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow, those signals almost look like they could be operating on battery power!

I think it's just the angle of the shot:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707214 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1709593 ... 6656?hl=en
Incandescent Harmon lights just might not be that bright though:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Albertville/Main/
(^^^Take a look at Picture 33 on that page.)

Sorry if these have been posted on the site somewhere before, but the tramway at The Grove, Los Angeles has a couple of Wig Wags:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@34.0723 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@34.0722 ... 56!6m1!1e1
These appear to be custom made and not "real" units form a railroad.

Nice find!

[ZachL]

Yet another:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707998 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow, those signals almost look like they could be operating on battery power!

I think it's just the angle of the shot:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707214 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1709593 ... 6656?hl=en
Incandescent Harmon lights just might not be that bright though:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Albertville/Main/
(^^^Take a look at Picture 33 on that page.)

Yeah, I kinda figured it was on AC power when I moved forward and saw the bungalow up ahead

That's weird though. I wonder why the relay case there got replaced by a bungalow, but not the signals.

[freebrickproductions]

Yet another:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707998 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow, those signals almost look like they could be operating on battery power!

I think it's just the angle of the shot:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1707214 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1709593 ... 6656?hl=en
Incandescent Harmon lights just might not be that bright though:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Albertville/Main/
(^^^Take a look at Picture 33 on that page.)

Yeah, I kinda figured it was on AC power when I moved forward and saw the bungalow up ahead

That's weird though. I wonder why the relay case there got replaced by a bungalow, but not the signals.

Either it got damaged by a car, or CSX just felt like replacing it. Oddly enough, other than the gate mechanisms (and possibly the bell), the signals look to be a late 1990s/early 2000s CSX set-up. The gate mechanisms replaced some WCH gate mechs sometime between 2009 and 2011.

Also, here's an active crossing in NSW, Australia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-30.981215 ... 312!8i6656

[McK&H.Aust]

Also, here's an active crossing in NSW, Australia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-30.981215 ... 312!8i6656

Nice find, that crossing was recently upgraded with gates.

[freebrickproductions]

Classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3242409 ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

Google caught Moulton Street over in Decatur in Action recently:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.60395,- ... 6656?hl=en