Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

[ToledoRailfan]

Small stop sign. https://www.google.com/maps/@46.3102631 ... 312!8i6656
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This crossing does not having any signs. https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.557511 ... 6656?hl=en

I think it is still in service because this signal has power to it. https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.557481 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing is closed due to maintenance. https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.116644 ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a manually controlled crossing with a semaphore! https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.736498 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.737266 ... 6656?hl=en

The crossing looked a bit different back in 2010. https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.736516 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.737285 ... 6656?hl=en

Here it is active. https://youtu.be/zFqn7W_rwM8?t=2m23s
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I found this HI-rail vechical in Perth, Tasmania.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.567585 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.567695 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.569041 ... 1664?hl=en
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This crossing is located right along the shore of the River Derwent. I thought the crossing and the River's shore looked too cool not to share.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-42.863958 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-42.864191 ... 6656?hl=en

This crossing is unfortunately no longer in use and has had its lights removed. The Western Cullen-Hayes mechanical bells were later replaced with Western-Cullen Hayes electronic bells, I assume that took place before the line was taken out of service. https://www.google.com/maps/@-42.864215 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing is in the process of getting new signals installed. The temporary crossbucks are pretty cool. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8200246 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8197976 ... 6656?hl=en

Here are the previous signals. Notice the three WRRS mini bells! I believe I've posted this crossing here before. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8200225 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8198306 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Norfolk, Virginia. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8425226 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic 8'' signals with inverted SORS signs and triangle gate arms! https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7641543 ... 1664?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7641487 ... 1664?hl=en

Unfortunately one of the signals was later replaced and all of the 8'' lights are gone.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7641487 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic signals. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3790962 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3794627 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3793779 ... 6656?hl=en
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Bridge cantilever signal! https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9887429 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing has two bridge cantilever signals! https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0018779 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@37.001511, ... 6656?hl=en
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Another crossing with two bridge cantilever signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0133208 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0130318 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic cantilever signals. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8158421 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8159223 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing. Chesapeake, Virginia. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8049624 ... 6656?hl=en
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This is very strange, for some reason the eastern signals at this crossing had 48 degree crossbucks! https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2398902 ... 1664?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@37.239929, ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2398076 ... 1664?hl=en

Unfortunately the signals have since been removed. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2398616 ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a crossing in Jasper, Alberta with wishbone gates! https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8722828 ... !1e1?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8725636 ... !1e1?hl=en

This crossing use to have 8'' lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8722177 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8724341 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is an active view of the crossing. https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8717739 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is a video of the crossing, notice how the gates were lowering while the train was already on the crossing! https://youtu.be/emeM9khfonA?t=32s

[freebrickproductions]

Classic cantilever signals. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8158421 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8159223 ... 6656?hl=en

There's a video of that crossing in action on YouTube, I'll see if I can find it. The bells were GS Type-1s. Also, I see CSX has installed LEDs at that crossing.

Also, Google Street View caught 19th Street in Bessemer, AL in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4006102 ... 312!8i6656

[ZachL]

Also, Google Street View caught 19th Street in Bessemer, AL in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4006102 ... 312!8i6656

Just curious, but how does that traffic signal operate when a train is passing by?

[freebrickproductions]

Also, Google Street View caught 19th Street in Bessemer, AL in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4006102 ... 312!8i6656

Just curious, but how does that traffic signal operate when a train is passing by?

It appears that it goes into flash.

[freebrickproductions]

Active railroad crossing in Deerfield, IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1710115 ... 6656?hl=en

Another one, except this one was caught deactivating:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.174572, ... 6656?hl=en

[freebrickproductions]

Another active crossing in IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8982808 ... 312!8i6656
It appears the signals were taken mid-flash, as the lights can be seen lit here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8982342 ... 312!8i6656
And from the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.898714, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8986938 ... 312!8i6656

Further down the line:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8989799 ... 312!8i6656

Even further down the line, at a crossing with a bit of an odd set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8997948 ... 312!8i6656
I wonder why UP didn't feel the need for the gateless signals to have rear lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8995832 ... 312!8i6656

Yet another active crossing further down the line:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9000857 ... 312!8i6656
And here's the engines, an all EMD lash-up with an SD70ACe leading two SD70Ms:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9000857 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9002028 ... 312!8i6656
The crossing also has a bit of a somewhat unique set-up as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9000192 ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

A bit of an odd set-up in the UK:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9123825 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9123306 ... 312!8i6656
Looks to be due to this bridge:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9123306 ... 312!8i6656
And here's the crossing in action from both sides!
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9125896 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9119574 ... 312!8i6656

[ZachL]

Another active crossing in IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8982808 ... 312!8i6656

I'm thinking that the LEDs in the frames were just caught flickering from the camera. If you look closely at the gate lights, those are active.

[freebrickproductions]

Another active crossing in IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8982808 ... 312!8i6656

I'm thinking that the LEDs in the frames were just caught flickering from the camera. If you look closely at the gate lights, those are active.

I've noticed UP LEDs have a brief moment where they're off between the first light going out and the second coming on while flashing, so it's possible that the camera captured the exact moment that it caught the two of the LEDs unlit.

[chris96]

This crossing is located in The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, right next to The Magic Kingdom. This track leads to the sheds where the steam engine and carriages for the Walt Disney World Railroad are kept:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.4238 ... 64!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.4238 ... 64!6m1!1e1

The storage sheds:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.4238 ... 64!6m1!1e1

The entrance to The Magic Kingdom:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.4238 ... 64!6m1!1e1

Here's a video of a train going through the crossing:


Some signals within NASA at the Kennedy Space Center:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.5261 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.5259 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.5812 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.5813 ... 312!8i6656

A passive crossing:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.5829 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.5830 ... 312!8i6656

A runway crossing?:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@28.5864 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/search/k ... 312!8i6656