Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

[ZachL]

I've never seen a relay case attached to a signal before, the bracket is also very strange...
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.423552, ... 312!8i6656

That's not the relay case. It's probably a box to keep all the wiring from being exposed to the elements.

[freebrickproductions]

I've never seen a relay case attached to a signal before, the bracket is also very strange...
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.423552, ... 312!8i6656

That crossing there is pretty nice, IMHO. The bracket was an old WRRS/GRS product, I believe.
Also, checkout this abandoned searchlight that's there!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4235921 ... 312!8i6656

What company is this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5344082 ... 312!8i6656

Woodings Railcar it looks like. Interesting seeing that on a US crossing, as, IIRC, the company is/was Canadian!

[NathanFromEngland]

Woodings Railcar it looks like. Interesting seeing that on a US crossing, as, IIRC, the company is/was Canadian!

Thinking of the company now makes me think that they just manufactured railcars...

[Ethan the Railfanner]

Active NS crossing in Charlotte, NC that is now closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2491369 ... 312!8i6656

To prove that the crossing there is closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2480898 ... 384!8i8192

[ZachL]

Active NS crossing in Charlotte, NC that is now closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2491369 ... 312!8i6656

To prove that the crossing there is closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2480898 ... 384!8i8192

Oh wow, that actually looks pretty the way they did that bridge.

[Ethan the Railfanner]

Active NS crossing in Charlotte, NC that is now closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2491369 ... 312!8i6656

To prove that the crossing there is closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2480898 ... 384!8i8192

Oh wow, that actually looks pretty the way they did that bridge.

Yeah, I like that way too. It does make me wonder why NS has been closing off crossings along this line... probably because of how busy the roads are and how many trains this line sees.

Active crossing in Salisbury, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6703654 ... 312!8i6656

Hard to see, but this next crossing over is active as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.674554, ... 328!8i1664

[freebrickproductions]

Active NS crossing in Charlotte, NC that is now closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2491369 ... 312!8i6656

To prove that the crossing there is closed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2480898 ... 384!8i8192

Oh wow, that actually looks pretty the way they did that bridge.

Yeah, I like that way too. It does make me wonder why NS has been closing off crossings along this line... probably because of how busy the roads are and how many trains this line sees.

Active crossing in Salisbury, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6703654 ... 312!8i6656

Hard to see, but this next crossing over is active as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.674554, ... 328!8i1664

Also less maintenance on NS's part, given how NC requires all crossing Amtrak runs through to be quad-gated.

[ZachL]

Also less maintenance on NS's part, given how NC requires all crossing Amtrak runs through to be quad-gated.

Why is that? Have there been enough accidents to require it, or does Amtrak go faster through the state?

[freebrickproductions]

Also less maintenance on NS's part, given how NC requires all crossing Amtrak runs through to be quad-gated.

Why is that? Have there been enough accidents to require it, or does Amtrak go faster through the state?

Not entirely sure, all that I know is that it's just required.

[brett nc railfanner]

Active crossings in Wake Forest, NC
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9751941 ... 384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9718048 ... 384!8i8192

I've caught the first crossing on video.