Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

[freebrickproductions]

What the?!
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7444425 ... 6656?hl=en

Probably out of service

Looks like it still gets some use, but very rarely:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7440572 ... 6656?hl=en
Satellite view shows a different number of cars there:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7438915 ... !1e3?hl=en

Its just a storage spur.

That's what I was thinking.

[ToledoRailfan]

Odd setup in Brighton, Ontario. Almost looks like a double crossing with three gates. I don't think I've heard of any double crossings in Canada before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0375311 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0379988 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is the crossing with 8'' lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0379863 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0375204 ... 6656?hl=en

Here are two other crossings with the same setup.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0347719 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0352764 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0353005 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0348029 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0347826 ... 6656?hl=en

Looks like there was some work being done at the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0351241 ... 6656?hl=en

The sidewalk at the crossings have bridges!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0347719 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0350321 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0352764 ... 6656?hl=en
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There is an old signal on display at the entrance to this railroad museum!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0363988 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is the signal before it had a gate.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0363217 ... 6656?hl=en

[ToledoRailfan]

This crossbuck is pretty messed up and why is there two Give Way signs?!
https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.886250 ... 6656?hl=en

This crossing was later updated though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.886283 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of odd.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.882684 ... 6656?hl=en

Google caught a stationary train close to the crossing back in 2010.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.882688 ... 6656?hl=en

[freebrickproductions]

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.718619, ... 312!8i6656

Old signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7404692 ... 312!8i6656

[ToledoRailfan]

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.718619, ... 312!8i6656

At first I thought that the lights weren't working.

Old signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7404692 ... 312!8i6656

Nice find! Reminds me of the signals that use to exist at Matzinger Rd. 2# here in Toledo.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7070999 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7074698 ... 6656?hl=en

Interesting how that one signal is there even though the "road" that is protects had been closed for 8+ years! I wonder if it is still there? I wonder if it had a gate on a separate mast.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7404798 ... 312!8i6656

[TrickyMario7654]

Old signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7404692 ... 312!8i6656

Back in 2007, the signal had a Safetran m-bell.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7404964 ... 328!8i1664

[ToledoRailfan]

Old signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7404692 ... 312!8i6656

Back in 2007, the signal had a Safetran m-bell.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7404964 ... 328!8i1664

Those aren't hard to find in the US.

[freebrickproductions]

Here's a weird set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3960519 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3962917 ... 312!8i6656

Yes! The crossing really only has one gate! However, it appears that this nearby trail is built atop another rail line's ROW, so that's probably why there's only one gate, as the other one would've been at this (former) crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3965282 ... 312!8i6656

[ToledoRailfan]

Here's a weird set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3960519 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3962917 ... 312!8i6656

Yes! The crossing really only has one gate! However, it appears that this nearby trail is built atop another rail line's ROW, so that's probably why there's only one gate, as the other one would've been at this (former) crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3965282 ... 312!8i6656

That must have been a two-gated double crossing at one point. Pretty odd sense there is a lot of space, it would have been cool though with the bridge and creek in between! Pretty crazy that that crossing has barely changed sense the other track was removed. I guess one gate is better than none.

I wonder what this is between the crossbuck and lights?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3962917 ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

Here's a weird set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3960519 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3962917 ... 312!8i6656

Yes! The crossing really only has one gate! However, it appears that this nearby trail is built atop another rail line's ROW, so that's probably why there's only one gate, as the other one would've been at this (former) crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3965282 ... 312!8i6656

That must have been a two-gated double crossing at one point. Pretty odd sense there is a lot of space, it would have been cool though with the bridge and creek in between! Pretty crazy that that crossing has barely changed sense the other track was removed. I guess one gate is better than none.

I wonder what this is between the crossbuck and lights?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3962917 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like there was a sign there at one point. Maybe one of those old, odd cast-iron "DANGER" signs?