Triangle gates... Have to believe the line is OOS, unfortunately.ToledoRailfan wrote:Google caught this crossing in Ilion (suburb of Athens) active three times!.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.032798, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0328004 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0327927 ... 6656?hl=en
You would think these YYR signals would operate like the kind you would see here in the US but they actually act as an indication that the crossing is functioning properly, just like signals in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium ect.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0327401 ... 6656?hl=en
There is also this interesting side gate for the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.03275,2 ... 6656?hl=en
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8'' Western-Cullen Hayes signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0432908 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0430841 ... 6656?hl=en
Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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Wonder if he climbed up and fixed the gate guard?ZachL wrote:The maintainer there looks like he was saying "what in the hell..."ToledoRailfan wrote:Railroad worker operating a crossing in Lusk, Wyoming.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7634103 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635815 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7636621 ... 6656?hl=en![]()
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https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635424 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635815 ... 6656?hl=en
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Doubt it.cabman701 wrote:Wonder if he climbed up and fixed the gate guard?ZachL wrote:The maintainer there looks like he was saying "what in the hell..."ToledoRailfan wrote:Railroad worker operating a crossing in Lusk, Wyoming.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7634103 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635815 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7636621 ... 6656?hl=en![]()
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https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635424 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635815 ... 6656?hl=en
2007: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7636006 ... 1664?hl=en
2009: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635927 ... 1664?hl=en
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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I found this lonely crossbuck standing in Champaign, IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1237334 ... 312!8i6656
I didn't find any evidence or any tracks, save for the ones further down the way. So I looked at the previous captures. 2009:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.123764, ... 328!8i1664
Looks like a crossbuck used for an advance warning sign
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1237334 ... 312!8i6656
I didn't find any evidence or any tracks, save for the ones further down the way. So I looked at the previous captures. 2009:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.123764, ... 328!8i1664
Looks like a crossbuck used for an advance warning sign

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
There was probably a spur that went through there many years ago next to where the crossbuck is.busman_49 wrote:I found this lonely crossbuck standing in Champaign, IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1237334 ... 312!8i6656
I didn't find any evidence or any tracks, save for the ones further down the way. So I looked at the previous captures. 2009:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.123764, ... 328!8i1664
Looks like a crossbuck used for an advance warning sign![]()
They/Them for me, please.
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WCH Clear LEDs in West Memphis, AR:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1360212 ... authuser=0
Deactivating crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1650791 ... authuser=0
A bit of an odd way of mounting the side lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0892549 ... authuser=0
Odd looking signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9264665 ... authuser=0
More weird-looking signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9284803 ... authuser=0
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1360212 ... authuser=0
Deactivating crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1650791 ... authuser=0
A bit of an odd way of mounting the side lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0892549 ... authuser=0
Odd looking signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9264665 ... authuser=0
More weird-looking signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9284803 ... authuser=0
They/Them for me, please.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Active crossing with a Teardrop bell in Broken Hill, NSW.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.957 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.957 ... 328!8i1664
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
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Nice find. Sadly the teardrop bell is gone, replaced by a Safetran type 3TrickyMario7654 wrote:Active crossing with a Teardrop bell in Broken Hill, NSW.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.957 ... 328!8i1664
I only found that out from the picture on the cover of this report, as GSV hasn't been updated since 2010 http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/d ... report.pdf
It's actually quite rare to see a crossing in NSW with e-bells and old gate mechs (they look like GRS type D), as they are both usually replaced at the same time.
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Remember this crossing?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.965888, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.965888, ... 312!8i6656
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It's not too uncommon to see that in Melbourne...McK&H.Aust wrote:Nice find. Sadly the teardrop bell is gone, replaced by a Safetran type 3TrickyMario7654 wrote:Active crossing with a Teardrop bell in Broken Hill, NSW.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.957 ... 328!8i1664![]()
I only found that out from the picture on the cover of this report, as GSV hasn't been updated since 2010 http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/d ... report.pdf
It's actually quite rare to see a crossing in NSW with e-bells and old gate mechs (they look like GRS type D), as they are both usually replaced at the same time.
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.