Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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freebrickproductions wrote:Here's an odd set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6805674 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6808002 ... 312!8i6656

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God sakes, you don't stop on the tracks! :TDOWN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6602478 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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TrickyMario7654 wrote:God sakes, you don't stop on the tracks! :TDOWN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6602478 ... 312!8i6656
I took these photos almost a year ago of a crossing near me. Cars being backed up on the crossing isn't an uncommon site there.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Active crossing in Knoxville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.97378,- ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9739491 ... 312!8i6656
Deactivating:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.974025, ... 312!8i6656

Both older white and newer blue NS ENS signs on the same post! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.021193, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.021263, ... 312!8i6656
Surprised that NS hadn't removed the older white ones when the blue ones were installed...

Same thing at these crossbuck crossings!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0301825 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0303048 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0323741 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0342904 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.034466, ... 312!8i6656

An old SOU install with this set-up as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0305008 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0304182 ... 312!8i6656
This crossbuck's newer, it appears:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0305883 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0110727 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0112051 ... 312!8i6656
Old SOU block signals here as well. :TUP2:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0111336 ... 312!8i6656

Classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0100794 ... 312!8i6656

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0065923 ... 328!8i1664
Also has an MI bell, a rarity for NS lines these days, it seems:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0066061 ... 312!8i6656

Someone whacked this signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0003222 ... 312!8i6656

A nice old SOU-era crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0318003 ... 312!8i6656
With some nice old SOU block signals nearby as well!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0318003 ... 312!8i6656

Another old SOU install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0305009 ... 312!8i6656

New signals awaiting activation:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0721923 ... 312!8i6656

Some nice older SOU signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0336063 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1341754 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1538055 ... 312!8i6656

Classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2587654 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2588535 ... 312!8i6656

A rather cool signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3905106 ... 312!8i6656

Pure 1980s NS install!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4415971 ... 312!8i6656

Another classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.6012012 ... 328!8i1664

L&N Searchlight signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8819386 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9276726 ... 312!8i6656

Classic L&N install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9443694 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9448603 ... 328!8i1664

Here's a funky-looking signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9041694 ... 328!8i1664

Another old L&N install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9012249 ... 328!8i1664

Classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8284218 ... 328!8i1664

Late-L&N install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7853591 ... 328!8i1664

More classic L&N equipment:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9802803 ... 328!8i1664

WRRS motor-bell?
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.1046617 ... 328!8i1664

Another classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.1897184 ... 312!8i6656

Another classic L&N install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4393231 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4398669 ... 328!8i1664

Here's an interesting install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.747332, ... 312!8i6656
ToledoRailfan wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:God sakes, you don't stop on the tracks! :TDOWN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6602478 ... 312!8i6656
I took these photos almost a year ago of a crossing near me. Cars being backed up on the crossing isn't an uncommon site there.
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Still a bit of a shame that they replaced the WCH gate mechs there...
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Street view managed to catch the 7th Street/Fogg Avenue crossing in its final months.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1508424 ... 312!8i6656
It was also active in 2014
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1508417 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1503277 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1513846 ... 312!8i6656
...And 2011
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1509114 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1502661 ... 312!8i6656
2015
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1503658 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1513891 ... 312!8i6656

It was gone by November 2017, you can see a CSX coal train passing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1540494 ... 312!8i6656

(The real question is, is that a record for the times street view caught this crossing in action?)
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Contact The Guinness World Records! :LOL3:
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NathanFromEngland wrote:(The real question is, is that a record for the times street view caught this crossing in action?)
Actually that record (AFAIK) is held by Centre Road, Bentleigh in VIctoria, Australia. Ironically, this crossing no longer exists either (thanks to grade separation in 2016).
  1. December 2007 (1)
  2. December 2007 (2)
  3. April 2008
  4. January 2010 (1)
  5. January 2010 (2)
  6. March 2013
  7. June 2013
  8. October 2015
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:God sakes, you don't stop on the tracks! :TDOWN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6602478 ... 312!8i6656
I took these photos almost a year ago of a crossing near me. Cars being backed up on the crossing isn't an uncommon site there.
21994189_1199429373490558_2050156673353078441_o.jpg
22095851_1199429370157225_2399348158847288849_o.jpg

Y'all think you're the only ones with backed-up traffic problems.... Behold.... This mess I captured earlier this year.
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Active crossing in Conway, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4369036 ... 312!8i6656
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Streetview ignored the active signals at this crossing in Sterrett, AL even though a train is coming!
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4609907 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4611758 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4614874 ... 312!8i6656

Nice signals BTW (even if the crossing has an e-bell).
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