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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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I've posted two or all three of those here before.
NathanFromEngland wrote: FRA violation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2451771 ... 6656?hl=en
No it's not... There's an intersection right there...
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NathanFromEngland wrote: Nice RACO/Griswold cantilever, but those Safetran 12x24 lights do not look the part.
WABCO Model 95's.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2470403 ... 6656?hl=en
Looks like you forgot a link there, and those are Safetran Model S-85s, not WABCO Model 95s (which technically don't exist).

Also, I have to wonder what this 4 inch mast is/was for:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2937276 ... 312!8i6656

It's also next to a pure 1980s NS install! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.293803, ... 312!8i6656
Though it's on some kind of NS branch, which is probably how it's lasted for so long relatively untouched.
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freebrickproductions wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote: Nice RACO/Griswold cantilever, but those Safetran 12x24 lights do not look the part.
WABCO Model 95's.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2470403 ... 6656?hl=en
Looks like you forgot a link there, and those are Safetran Model S-85s, not WABCO Model 95s (which technically don't exist).

Also, I have to wonder what this 4 inch mast is/was for:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2937276 ... 312!8i6656

It's also next to a pure 1980s NS install! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.293803, ... 312!8i6656
Though it's on some kind of NS branch, which is probably how it's lasted for so long relatively untouched.
:oops:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2429616 ... 6656?hl=en
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Blankout sign use much?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4422112 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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freebrickproductions wrote:
It's also next to a pure 1980s NS install! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.293803, ... 312!8i6656
Though it's on some kind of NS branch, which is probably how it's lasted for so long relatively untouched.
COOL!!!!

I once found a pure 2010s NS install!!!! :Scared: :TUP1: :Drool:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6446164 ... 6656?hl=en
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NathanFromEngland wrote:Blankout sign use much?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4422112 ... 6656?hl=en
Odd...

There's even more! :Blink:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.442212, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4421093 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing in Nashville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
Train has an SD70MAC, an AC44CW, and a Dash-8 for power:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
And then caught in action again a few months later:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.162817, ... 312!8i6656

Next crossing down was also caught in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1637049 ... 312!8i6656
From the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1641203 ... 312!8i6656

Another active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1654905 ... 312!8i6656
And in action in 2013:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1657447 ... 312!8i6656
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NathanFromEngland wrote: FRA violation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2451771 ... 6656?hl=en
No it is not! For Pete's sake, not every stop sign at a railroad crossing is an FRA violation. :Roll: Just the ones at signalized crossings that do not cross any intersections
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freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing in Nashville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
Train has an SD70MAC, an AC44CW, and a Dash-8 for power:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
And then caught in action again a few months later:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.162817, ... 312!8i6656

Next crossing down was also caught in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1637049 ... 312!8i6656
From the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1641203 ... 312!8i6656

Another active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1654905 ... 312!8i6656
And in action in 2013:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1657447 ... 312!8i6656
Lots of good stuff there for a CSX line! :TUP2:
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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This crossing in the area of the crossings posted above has an interesting extension. Obviously it's because the pole and the building.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1669492 ... 312!8i6656
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