Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote: I wonder if this crossing used to be passive back in the day.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6062852 ... 312!8i6656
Maybe, it looks like it could have been. That crossing is on the site. Looks like they tried putting a new stop sign onto an old one! It is also an FRA violation to have stop signs at signalized crossings. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6061811 ... 312!8i6656
All of them are actually on the site. The only ones along that line not on the site are the ones in Jackson County that I documented recently. :cool:

One signal at that crossing actually had GRS Lex-C 12x20 inch lights and Safetran 12x24 inch lights back in 2008:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6061752 ... 328!8i1664
The other signal had 8 inch (Safetran?) lights and a Safetran mechanical bell, with it being the last 8 inch signal in Decatur, AL, AFAIK:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6061021 ... 328!8i1664
NathanFromEngland wrote:Probably been posted before.
Active crossing in Huntsville, AL.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7342415 ... 328!8i1664
Because of how fuzzy the image is, the Safetran 12x24 looks like it has LED's installed in them!
I posted it shortly after Google added the ability to look at previous street view images. The crossing also had its original Safetran gate mechs (replaced in 2012) at the time, along with the original Safetran mechanical bell (replaced by 2008, it appears)!
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NathanFromEngland wrote:
There used to be McK&H Teardrop bells fitted there!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@41.9581 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@41.9580 ... 328!8i1664
They're probably US&S bells. I don't think we've ever had McK&H bells here.
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Active crossing in Boone, Iowa.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0650942 ... 1664?hl=en

Google Earth also shows a train at the crossing along with an airplane!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0651802 ... !1e3?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
There used to be McK&H Teardrop bells fitted there!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@41.9581 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@41.9580 ... 328!8i1664
They're probably US&S bells. I don't think we've ever had McK&H bells here.
Did i say McK&H Teardrop Bells? Sorry, because in Australia they're painted black, i often get them confused.
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NathanFromEngland wrote:Very strange miniature pedestrian signals in Portland, Oregon.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5064596 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.50604,- ... 312!8i6656
Going there in less then 10 hours from now. Ill get some closeup pictures for ya guys.
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Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Very strange miniature pedestrian signals in Portland, Oregon.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5064596 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.50604,- ... 312!8i6656
Going there in less then 10 hours from now. Ill get some closeup pictures for ya guys.
Your going to Portland, Oregon?
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