NathanFromEngland wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:04 am
Port Talbot Parkway, Wales.
Here is the crossing on GSV which was taken a month before its closure. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.59154 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing has been closed off to traffic since July 2011, but the lights and equipment is still there although the rubber grade was removed last year. The lights, barriers, and yodalarms still work!
Here is a video, its not the best sorry, tried to find a video without its rubber grade but couldn't find one.
I decided to take a look and see why this crossing is closed, so i loaded up Google Earth.
It seems that in 1995, this was probably a residential area or trailer park, these houses would last up until around 2005 when the site was cleared. Since then the site has remained vacant.
Judging by FRA reports, it doesn't exactly tell me when the crossing was closed off, but it's last update was strangely enough in 2013.
I decided to take a look and see why this crossing is closed, so i loaded up Google Earth.
It seems that in 1995, this was probably a residential area or trailer park, these houses would last up until around 2005 when the site was cleared. Since then the site has remained vacant.
Judging by FRA reports, it doesn't exactly tell me when the crossing was closed off, but it's last update was strangely enough in 2013.
I decided to take a look and see why this crossing is closed, so i loaded up Google Earth.
It seems that in 1995, this was probably a residential area or trailer park, these houses would last up until around 2005 when the site was cleared. Since then the site has remained vacant.
Judging by FRA reports, it doesn't exactly tell me when the crossing was closed off, but it's last update was strangely enough in 2013.
NathanFromEngland wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 1:53 am
What about that? The image was taken in March 2005. (hence the 3)
I guess so but sometimes aerial photography dates aren't always accurate in Google Earth.
EDIT: On second thought, I'm starting to think those are just lots that actually have no houses, even in the 1995 imagery. In other words, a subdivision was planned, lots were laid out, but never built on. The railroad crossing was eventually closed as a result of the abandonment.
ZachL wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 3:43 pm
EDIT: On second thought, I'm starting to think those are just lots that actually have no houses, even in the 1995 imagery. In other words, a subdivision was planned, lots were laid out, but never built on. The railroad crossing was eventually closed as a result of the abandonment.
I think you're right. In the 1995 image, I can't see any shadows cast by the "houses". It looks like they had just poured all of the foundations to build a neighborhood, but it fell through after that.
