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ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Can't remember if this was posted here before, but here's an active crossing in Kingston, NY:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9635814 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9637881 ... 312!8i6656
What kind of train is that?! :Blink: Almost looks like a streetcar.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9636246 ... 312!8i6656
Work train, it appears.
ToledoRailfan wrote: Kind of interesting to see an advance warning sign for the side street.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9643134 ... 312!8i6656
I've seen that before:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Huntsville/Kohler/
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I'd assume those Advance Warning signals are used where corners are sharp and a railroad crossing is least-expected.
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cabman701 wrote: One more, then I'll quit. Burlington, IA from 1993:
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/608391/
Streetview 20 years later. The cantilever is different, but it's nice to see the steam engine still in it's same spot:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8077503 ... 56!6m1!1e1
Gate mast is also the same, with the same lights as well, though the bell and gate mech have been replaced.
Telegraph poles, too! :TUP1:
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Here are some very old crossbucks!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6195014 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6198366 ... 1664?hl=en

This crossing is located on the line owned and operated by the Golden Spike National Historic Site. I wonder if those crossbucks could be replicas?
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"1 track" sign!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7383445 ... 6656?hl=en

Kind of weird seeing a pedestrian crossing sign with a crossbuck, but it makes sense as the crosswalk is really close to the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7383001 ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a classic 45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7605024 ... 6656?hl=en

There is a 90 degree crossbuck for this crossing as well.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7604629 ... 6656?hl=en
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Very short posts.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7688708 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7686783 ... 6656?hl=en

:aaargh:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7686783 ... 6656?hl=en
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Looks like someone hit this crossbuck.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7854543 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing doesn't have any signage! It a private crossing though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7860831 ... 6656?hl=en
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Split crossbuck! That is kind of uncommon in Pennsylvania.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7930441 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of odd.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7943676 ... 6656?hl=en
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They really could move the crossbuck closer to the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.81256,- ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a pretty cool pedestrian crossing! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8200474 ... 6656?hl=en
:aaargh:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8200474 ... 6656?hl=en
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Are these some sort of old private crossing signs? :Blink:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.862846, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8627699 ... 6656?hl=en
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More crossbucks that appears to have been hit by a car!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8745414 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9125847 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting private crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9373296 ... 6656?hl=en
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These signals are falling apart and I think this crossing isn't abandon! :Blink:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6270997 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6270616 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic cantilever with modern lights! :TUP2:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6239908 ... 6656?hl=en

Cateye crossbuck! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6239908 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is the signal with 8'' lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6240019 ... 1664?hl=en
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Classic signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6231214 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6231048 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oil+C ... 2956?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6230001 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of an odd crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465807 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465184 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4466258 ... 6656?hl=en

Nice counting! :LOL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465807 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465184 ... 6656?hl=en
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GRS Lex-c lights! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.445091, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4449411 ... 6656?hl=en

FRA violation?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.445091, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4448567 ... 6656?hl=en
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Very old signal! :Drool:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4451448 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of an odd signal.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4441676 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4440618 ... 6656?hl=en
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GRS Lex-c lights with a teardrop bell! :Clap:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4368934 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4370594 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic 8'' signals with a teardrop bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.434239, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4342865 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing on a two-way road with one gate! :Blink: (I'm not a 100 percent sure if this crossing has been posted here before or if I'm thinking of a different one)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4339332 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338623 ... 6656?hl=en

I'm so confused! :Blink:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338827 ... 6656?hl=en
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I hope these signals for the crosswalk are also for the crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4327458 ... 6656?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a classic 45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7605024 ... 6656?hl=en
I'm going to assume that is more of a decoration owned by the business in that building there.
Your link is bad... here is what I believe is the correct one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465184 ... 6656?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Here are some very old crossbucks!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6195014 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6198366 ... 1664?hl=en

This crossing is located on the line owned and operated by the Golden Spike National Historic Site. I wonder if those crossbucks could be replicas?
I'd lean on replicas here. It's run by a historical society, and if it were "very old," there would be some rust/fading somewhere there.
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Split crossbuck! That is kind of uncommon in Pennsylvania.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7930441 ... 6656?hl=en
Not really a split crossbuck per se, but just an improperly-installed one-sided crossbuck. Split crossbucks would have double-sided lettering.
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cabman701 wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a classic 45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7605024 ... 6656?hl=en
I'm going to assume that is more of a decoration owned by the business in that building there.
That might be the case today, but because it's made from cast-iron, it wouldn't surprise me if it was actually in service some decades ago.
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ToledoRailfan wrote:This crossing on a two-way road with one gate! :Blink: (I'm not a 100 percent sure if this crossing has been posted here before or if I'm thinking of a different one)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4339332 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338623 ... 6656?hl=en

I'm so confused! :Blink:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338827 ... 6656?hl=en
I believe I posted that here before.
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A very classic, but strange, crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7759531 ... 6656?hl=en
The bell is mounted on its own mast in the middle of the crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7761525 ... 6656?hl=en
This was the view that I saw when I first looked at the crossing on street view. I thought it was a mixture of a one-signal-wonder and a bell-only crossing! But then I discovered the third signal...
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7761525 ... 6656?hl=en

More classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7782832 ... 6656?hl=en

Some classic cantilevers with what appear to be GRS 8 inch lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.781744, ... 6656?hl=en

Active crossing that appears to be malfunctioning:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8095758 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8095741 ... 6656?hl=en

Some more classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8534739 ... 6656?hl=en

More classic GRS signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8676939 ... 6656?hl=en

Still more classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.872432, ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8966814 ... 6656?hl=en

This bell was left open! :Doh:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2796124 ... 6656?hl=en

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2828722 ... 6656?hl=en
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