Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

[NathanFromEngland]

Active level crossing near Warragul, VIC.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.144 ... 312!8i6656

That's an odd signal...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.144 ... 312!8i6656

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[Erik-Gorb-Hamilton]

The thread is called "Google Maps Scavenger Hunt" so why not post something people have to hunt for?

Can you find the crossing remnant?


Anyways to make up for that I found some weird 45 Cross bucks on an old piece of CNJ Track that has been abandoned for some time.


Almost looks like there would be a bell on top at this crossing.
I would assume maybe lights aswell. A majority of this line (in the abandoned locations) has plenty of 8 in lights.

[NathanFromEngland]

Active pedestrian crossing in Rosanna, Victoria.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.736 ... 312!8i6656

[TrickyMario7654]

Active pedestrian crossing in Rosama, Victoria.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.736 ... 312!8i6656

You misspelled the town name. It's "Rosanna", not "Rosama".

[NathanFromEngland]

Active pedestrian crossing in Rosama, Victoria.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.736 ... 312!8i6656

You misspelled the town name. It's "Rosanna", not "Rosama".

Fixed.

This is some interesting railroad preemption, i guess the amber light comes on and switches to red. Or the amber light starts flashing and then the lights change to red.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.674 ... 312!8i6656

[ToledoRailfan]

I would assume maybe lights aswell. A majority of this line (in the abandoned locations) has plenty of 8 in lights.

Probably not as it was very uncommon for signals to have 45 degree crossbucks, and those also look to be just posts and not signals.

[ToledoRailfan]

Three pairs of lights on the front of this signal?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.485073, ... 312!8i6656

These lights are for this, and these lights are for this. Still pretty odd and interesting though.

Yeah, that was the only thing I could think of for the extra lights. A lot of the crossing signals on that line seemed to have extra pairs of lights for nearby driveways and other pathways people could drive on.

I just now noticed this, it looks like they had a lot of rain a bit before streetview came through back in September of 2008!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4850988 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4850988 ... 328!8i1664

[IanMP]

The thread is called "Google Maps Scavenger Hunt" so why not post something people have to hunt for?

Can you find the crossing remnant?
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https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3634164 ... 312!8i6656

[Erik-Gorb-Hamilton]

The thread is called "Google Maps Scavenger Hunt" so why not post something people have to hunt for?

Can you find the crossing remnant?
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https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3634164 ... 312!8i6656

Good Stuff! Supposedly this is a Sacramento Northern remnant.

I would assume maybe lights aswell. A majority of this line (in the abandoned locations) has plenty of 8 in lights.

Probably not as it was very uncommon for signals to have 45 degree crossbucks, and those also look to be just posts and not signals.

I figured as such cause these crossbucks seem to be newer then the ones I usually find. Most ones I have found are wood posts where as this one is a metal post (Which i have never seen before)

When did the railroads stop using 45 Degree crossbucks as the standard?

[NathanFromEngland]

I wonder if this cantilever is still operational.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53113 ... 312!8i6656

GS Type 3?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@28.53102 ... 312!8i6656