Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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The real question that i'm asking is who on earth would stick a sign regarding trains and detours on the crossing gate! :Blink:
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Solar powered relay case?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3041416 ... 328!8i1664

The cantilevers seem to be rather far from the road.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3113246 ... 312!8i6656

This is a first.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3319305 ... 328!8i1664

They are really taking relay case vandalism seriously here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4010743 ... 328!8i1664

One signal wonder.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.640383, ... 312!8i6656

Unloved signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7085894 ... 312!8i6656
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NathanFromEngland wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 1:34 pm One signal wonder.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.640383, ... 312!8i6656
Not always:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6402591 ... 312!8i6656
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Active crossing in Kansas City, MO
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0539957 ... authuser=0

Google has caught some crossing in Independence active as well.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1111838 ... authuser=0
Kentucky Rd was caught active back in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1065287 ... authuser=0
Hawthorne Ave back in 2015 before UP replaced the wch mechanical bells with gs type 3 e bells

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1038645 ... authuser=0
And lastly, Wilson Rd. I still need to film this crossing sometime.
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Crossbucks below the flashers.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RJqWVp342hf6rjiw5
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LosAngelesMetro56 wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:06 pm Crossbucks below the flashers.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RJqWVp342hf6rjiw5
For visibility reasons, for obvious reasons.
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A light above the crossbuck to make it visible? Never knew these were a thing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3646754 ... 312!8i6656
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NathanFromEngland wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:40 am A light above the crossbuck to make it visible? Never knew these were a thing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3646754 ... 312!8i6656
That's the original Griswold signal model! Like THE original. Quite possibly the first of its kind to ever feature alternating flashing lights as we know them today in history.

Sadly that one was gone by 2011. :(
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ZachL wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:28 pm
NathanFromEngland wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:40 am A light above the crossbuck to make it visible? Never knew these were a thing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3646754 ... 312!8i6656
That's the original Griswold signal model! Like THE original. Quite possibly the first of its kind to ever feature alternating flashing lights as we know them today in history.

Sadly that one was gone by 2011. :(
It's on the site too!
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freebrickproductions wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:36 pm
ZachL wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:28 pm
NathanFromEngland wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:40 am A light above the crossbuck to make it visible? Never knew these were a thing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3646754 ... 312!8i6656
That's the original Griswold signal model! Like THE original. Quite possibly the first of its kind to ever feature alternating flashing lights as we know them today in history.

Sadly that one was gone by 2011. :(
It's on the site too!
http://www.rxrsignals.com/California/R-S/San_Jose/Old/

Such a memorable one, that's for sure.
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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