Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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dan the ca railfan wrote:weird to see two cross bucks with do not stop on tracks sign!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9346393 ... 6656?hl=en
what do you mean?
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check out this active crossing with two southern pacific boxcars in the shot!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8993766 ... authuser=0

also check out this new teardrop bell i found yesterday that i put in the forum of us&s teardrop bells that was in purdy missouri!

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8161144 ... 312!8i6656
very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!
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dan the ca railfan wrote:check out this active crossing with two southern pacific boxcars in the shot!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8993766 ... authuser=0

also check out this new teardrop bell i found yesterday that i put in the forum of us&s teardrop bells that was in purdy missouri!

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8161144 ... 312!8i6656
Southern Pacific rolling stock is still generally common today, however locomotives in their paint is getting rarer as time goes by.
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NathanFromEngland wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:check out this active crossing with two southern pacific boxcars in the shot!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8993766 ... authuser=0

also check out this new teardrop bell i found yesterday that i put in the forum of us&s teardrop bells that was in purdy missouri!

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8161144 ... 312!8i6656
Southern Pacific rolling stock is still generally common today, however locomotives in their paint is getting rarer as time goes by.
And those are covered hoppers...
They/Them for me, please.

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dan the ca railfan wrote:new teardrop bell
yeah, those are anything but new; and haven't been since the 1960s or so :Wink:
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i have found two railroad bridges from southern pacific that still say southern pacific one bridge is in redbluff,ca and the other bridge is in kalamath falls 'or and is from 1909!

view of one of the sides of the bridge in oregon

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2311175 ... 312!8i6656

view of the other side of the bridge!

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2313887 ... 312!8i6656

close of the manufactures plate which shows the bridge in oregon really is from 1909

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2311175 ... 312!8i6656

view of one the sides of the bridge in red bluff ,ca

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1635461 ... 312!8i6656

view of the other side of the bridge

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1630634 ... 312!8i6656

and just down the line we find a crossing that has a safetran mechanical bell that is mounted on a WCH mechanical bell base!

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1384545 ... 312!8i6656
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dan the ca railfan wrote:
and just down the line we find a crossing that has a safetran mechanical bell that is mounted on a WCH mechanical bell base!

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1384545 ... 312!8i6656
That actually appears to be a RACO/Griswold mechanical bell on a 4 inch to 5 inch adapter! Nice find!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1385006 ... 312!8i6656
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world ugliest crossing set up ever in chicago il on il-43

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7835666 ... 312!8i6656
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dan the ca railfan wrote:world ugliest crossing set up ever in chicago il on il-43

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7835666 ... 312!8i6656
I don't know about ugly, but it's definitely interesting
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