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[ToledoRailfan]

I wonder what is wrong with this gate mechanism!?
I also wonder what happened to the other gate and its mechanism?!

The crossing is a scenic crossing though.

[ZachL]

It's Mexico. Never do you really see signals there in a nice condition.

[ToledoRailfan]

It's Mexico. Never do you really see signals there in a nice condition.

Every now and then you do but generally speaking, you're right. Maybe in the future that won't be the case, hopefully.

[ToledoRailfan]

Classic signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2921842 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.291914, ... 6656?hl=en

[ToledoRailfan]

I've got the first on the forum after it went down for the weekend! Edit: And the first post in May of 2017!
Active crossing in Pratt, West Virginia.

[ZachL]

I've got the first on the forum after it went down for the weekend! Edit: And the first post in May of 2017!
Active crossing in Pratt, West Virginia.

Nice 8" signals too!

[NathanFromEngland]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.52808 ... 6656?hl=en
CSX EMD SD40-2 (Correct me if i'm wrong) sitting in a siding just in front of the S Hughey Ave railroad crossing in Orlando, Florida. Speaking of which, the railroad crossing i looked at on the FRA doesn't have CSX listed as a railroad that goes through this crossing, is that true?

Fun fact: This was just prior to the SunRail platform construction.

Same crossing, just different street view.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.52791 ... 6656?hl=en
In the March 2011 street view, an Amtrak train is waiting to depart from Orlando station.

[ToledoRailfan]

Speaking of which, the railroad crossing i looked at on the FRA doesn't have CSX listed as a railroad that goes through this crossing, is that true?

Sometimes railroads use locomotives from other railroad, but they keep the paint scheme of the previous railroad. Sometimes the FRA isn't accurate on that, a couple of times they've even listed railroads that don't even exist anymore as using a crossing.

[freebrickproductions]

Active crossing in the UK:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8953895 ... 312!8i6656

[NathanFromEngland]

Portland Street, Southport

This crossing has been caught in action 4 times by the Google Street View Car!
April 2009: (Train is to your left when it goes over the crossing after it has raised) https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.64137 ... 312!8i6656
September 2014: (You can see the train to your left next to Duke Street) https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.64142 ... 312!8i6656
June 2015: (First link is the LED's being caught in mid-flash! The second link is for the amber light coming on for the crossing activating. This was shot from the mini-roundabout it was going across)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.64074 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.64079 ... 312!8i6656
August 2016: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.64143 ... 312!8i6656
Heres the crossing in action (Wasn't recorded by me)