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dan the ca railfan wrote:dauphin st mobile ,al

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@30.6880 ... 312!8i6656
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45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.37621,- ... 312!8i6656
Another 45 degree
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.4763476 ... 328!8i1664

osted both of those in the forty five degree crossbuck thread.
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this might have been said before fresno ,ca

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7213578 ... authuser=0
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NathanFromEngland wrote: A Griswold mechanical bell mounted on a relay case.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.2339165 ... 312!8i6656
Looks more like a Safetran bell.
NathanFromEngland wrote: Is this a RACO junction box?
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.2401393 ... 312!8i6656
L&W junction box.
NathanFromEngland wrote: I wonder if this WCH bell replaced a GS bell.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6718541 ... 312!8i6656
Might be original. Want to say BNSF used WCH mechanical bells prior to adopting e-bells.
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dan the ca railfan wrote:dauphin st mobile ,al

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@30.6880 ... 312!8i6656
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It's on the site as well. AFAIK, that crossing has the only Griswold Type Bs in all of Alabama. Would love to get down there some day and record it.
dan the ca railfan wrote:this might have been said before fresno ,ca

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7213578 ... authuser=0
Here it is in action on the other side, with a mixture of LEDs too!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7213542 ... authuser=0

Certainly an interesting set-up as well...
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freebrickproductions wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:dauphin st mobile ,al

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@30.6880 ... 312!8i6656
Wrong thread?
It's on the site as well. AFAIK, that crossing has the only Griswold Type Bs in all of Alabama. Would love to get down there some day and record it.
Holy cow, I had no idea Griswold lights existed that close to me!! Too bad there are none in Florida. :aaargh:
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if there's one thing i noticed about the union pacific it's that it's really hard to find a crossing on tracks they own that's clean 8-inch equiptment but this crossing is still all 8-inch lights.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7860603 ... 6?hl=en-US
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crossing with a weird cantilever install that was kind of point less actually!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7885475 ... 6?hl=en-US
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dan the ca railfan wrote:if there's one thing i noticed about the union pacific it's that it's really hard to find a crossing on tracks they own that's clean 8-inch equiptment but this crossing is still all 8-inch lights.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7860603 ... 6?hl=en-US
Those are 12x24" lights...........
dan the ca railfan wrote:crossing with a weird cantilever install that was kind of point less actually!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7885475 ... 6?hl=en-US
How is that pointless? Would you rather distribution center not be protected period?
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ZachL wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:if there's one thing i noticed about the union pacific it's that it's really hard to find a crossing on tracks they own that's clean 8-inch equiptment but this crossing is still all 8-inch lights.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7860603 ... 6?hl=en-US
Those are 12x24" lights...........
dan the ca railfan wrote:crossing with a weird cantilever install that was kind of point less actually!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7885475 ... 6?hl=en-US
How is that pointless? Would you rather distribution center not be protected period?
no but would't it be cheaper just to install a pair of mast lights on a pole than install a cantilever!
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active crossing in morrehead mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8759386 ... 312!8i6656
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