Strange railroad crossings

[ToledoRailfan]

This crossing light extension is a bit too long.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5775627 ... !1e1?hl=en

Here's how the crossing looked a few years later:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5781174 ... 6656?hl=en

Well, was watching this documentary called Why Trains Crash, and one scene included the Lac-Megantic rail disaster, one scene shows a new railroad crossing slowly coming together. It has a base, and WCH Gate Mechs and gates i think?

The town is slowly picking up the pieces though, although lots of people died that night on July 6th 2013. Most people decided to move to better places. Because now it just looks like a small village.

Here is a story worth reading about on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3% ... l_disaster

Streetview also caught some MOW equipment on the tracks.

I can't imagine that signal still works.

[NathanFromEngland]

[

]url=https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5778646 ... 6656?hl=en]I can't imagine that signal still works.[/url]

Obviously not, the fire must've burned the relay case. There is crossbucks at the crossing acting like a backup railroad crossing.

[busman_49]

[

]url=https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5778646 ... 6656?hl=en]I can't imagine that signal still works.[/url]

Obviously not, the fire must've burned the relay case. There is crossbucks at the crossing acting like a backup railroad crossing.

Not even that; the cantilever protects a crossing that is no longer there.

[cabman701]

I think the biggest comparison shot that totally blow my mind are these:

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5778223 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5777319 ... 6656?hl=en

[busman_49]

I think the biggest comparison shot that totally blow my mind are these:

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5778223 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5777319 ... 6656?hl=en

Without a doubt. I'm in total agreement

[ZachL]

I can't imagine that signal still works.

It probably doesn't. The relay case is long gone, so I'd imagine that the signal is just there for looks.