Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Oh ok. The view is messed up when you're under the gate. Made it look to me like a broken wood gate. Looks like there used to be a center median signal on that approach too that was removed. (planned or by force who knows...)

AndrewFields wrote:Is the crossing from BTTF III on Street View?

From what I could find on the web, the train collision scene was shot in Port Hueneme, CA. Unfortunately only parts of that city are on Street View. I looked around as best I could, but could not find a crossing that looked like the one in the movie.

SirKrunch wrote:Oh ok. The view is messed up when you're under the gate. Made it look to me like a broken wood gate. Looks like there used to be a center median signal on that approach too that was removed. (planned or by force who knows...)

Actually I think that it is an old wooden gate that is busted. Take a look at this view:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 16&iwloc=A

Probably was busted by the same vehicle that took out the median signal!

cabman701 wrote:

SirKrunch wrote:Oh ok. The view is messed up when you're under the gate. Made it look to me like a broken wood gate. Looks like there used to be a center median signal on that approach too that was removed. (planned or by force who knows...)

Actually I think that it is an old wooden gate that is busted. Take a look at this view:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 16&iwloc=A

Probably was busted by the same vehicle that took out the median signal!

The gate isn't busted. It's hinged...because there are power lines above...

yeah its probably plexiglass or plastic

owensri wrote:The gate isn't busted. It's hinged...because there are power lines above...

My bad... I understand now! The one on the left is me--->

The Street View images aren't doing it much justice though. And I still assume some idiot wiped out the median signal.

popibros1 wrote: my dad remembered where they filmed it
here
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=ven ... 48576,,0,5

I was wondering if that road was it or not. If that is the one, it has changed quite a bit since the filming. The signals in the movie had lights for a side road where Marty parks his 4x4 in the ending scene... I don't see any side lights on the one's above. Of course, the movie shows 8 inch lights also.

The gates were RACO Hydrolics too. The crossing has changed a lot since Back To The Future 3 days.

popibros1 wrote:

cabman701 wrote:

AndrewFields wrote:Is the crossing from BTTF III on Street View?

From what I could find on the web, the train collision scene was shot in Port Hueneme, CA. Unfortunately only parts of that city are on Street View. I looked around as best I could, but could not find a crossing that looked like the one in the movie.

my dad remembered where they filmed it
here http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=ven ... 48576,,0,5

Thank you, sir.

As far the comments that it might not be the crossing, it matches closely the description given on the DVD commentary (yes I listen to those ). They said it was literally a football field from the ocean and that crossing is indeed very close to the beach.

AndrewFields wrote:
Thank you, sir.

As far the comments that it might not be the crossing, it matches closely the description given on the DVD commentary (yes I listen to those ). They said it was literally a football field from the ocean and that crossing is indeed very close to the beach.

Does anybody know Micheal J Fox's e-mail address? Maybe he could button things up for us!