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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Bridge replaced by a railroad crossing in Bowdoinham, Maine
2007
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0333025 ... 4?hl=en-US
2013
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0332796 ... 6?hl=en-US
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NathanFromEngland wrote:Bridge replaced by a railroad crossing in Bowdoinham, Maine
2007
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0333025 ... 4?hl=en-US
2013
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0332796 ... 6?hl=en-US
Nice find! That definitely isn't something that you see everyday! Reminds me of that underpass in St. Thomas, Ontario that was replaced by a crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7781266 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7789328 ... 6656?hl=en
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Ummm... Is the line still in service? (Richmond, Maine)
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0803212 ... 6?hl=en-US

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0860299 ... 6?hl=en-US
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Ummm... Is the line still in service? (Richmond, Maine)
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0803212 ... 6?hl=en-US

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0860299 ... 6?hl=en-US
No.
They/Them for me, please.

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ToledoRailfan wrote:Ummm... Is the line still in service? (Richmond, Maine)
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0803212 ... 6?hl=en-US

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0860299 ... 6?hl=en-US
If a signal is obscured by a bush, then its out of service.
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Well... this is kinda interesting.
(Concord, New Hampshire)
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2232321 ... 6656?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Well... this is kinda interesting.
(Concord, New Hampshire)
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2232321 ... 6656?hl=en
The top light is for the bridge behind the GSV car, FYI. :Wink:
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NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Well... this is kinda interesting.
(Concord, New Hampshire)
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2232321 ... 6656?hl=en
The top light is for the bridge behind the GSV car, FYI. :Wink:
I never questioned why it was done, FYI. :Wink:
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This would be a neat crossing to film a train at, if only ꬵucking Google Maps hadn't blurred the crossbucks! :Curse1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.743008 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.742832 ... 6656?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:This would be a neat crossing to film a train at, if only f***ing Google Maps hadn't blurred the crossbucks! :Curse1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.743008 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.742832 ... 6656?hl=en
Google Street View, blurring random things since 2008.
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