Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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NathanFromEngland
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Abandoned coal cars in Oxford, Mississipi.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.4156743 ... 6656?hl=en
45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5251019 ... 1664?hl=en
A trestle from 1976?
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7791359 ... 6656?hl=en
Odd place for a stop sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8861767 ... 6656?hl=en
Active crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.899404, ... 1664?hl=en
"WARNING DANGER TRAIN TRACKS"
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9167467 ... 6656?hl=en
Trespasser caught in the act.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9559637 ... 6656?hl=en
...Please make your mind up with your light setup.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9620937 ... 6656?hl=en
Long cantelievers. (It's also worth pointing out is that i never knew BNSF operates in Tennessee)
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0205451 ... 6656?hl=en
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A MILW Catenary pole still stands on the now UP Seattle sub.

Two others that have been demoted to stumps.
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Grandfathers
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Active crossing in Goes, Zeeland.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4816421 ... 312!8i6656
Whoa...
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.451444, ... 312!8i6656
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Active crossing in Oxnard, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.218773, ... 312!8i6656

Active crossing in Old Fort, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6288936 ... 312!8i6656
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Active crossing in Castlerock, Northern Ireland.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.1650477 ... 6656?hl=en
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NathanFromEngland wrote:A45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5251019 ... 1664?hl=en
Nope that is a 90° crossbuck, just slightly off-angle
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NathanFromEngland wrote:A trestle from 1976?
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7791359 ... 6656?hl=en
More like 1917 :cool:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.779006, ... 6656?hl=en
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NathanFromEngland wrote:https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9559637 ... 6656?hl=en
...Please make your mind up with your light setup.
You do realize some of those are side lights right?
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NathanFromEngland wrote:Long cantelievers. (It's also worth pointing out is that i never knew BNSF operates in Tennessee)
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0205451 ... 6656?hl=en
Not as long as bridge cantilevers on an eight-lane roadway. They exist in Tampa :TUP2:
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Active crossing in Thailand.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@13.7262 ... 312!8i6656
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