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There's a few of those setups in Melbourne. But anyways, we used to have a quad gate setup down here. It's was located on Riversdale Road in Camberwell. (Note the odd yodaalarm too!)freebrickproductions wrote:Yea, those are called median signals. It ain't a true quad-gate set-up.
Will/Does the entire line have quad gates? Or only on the parts where it actually is high speed and not on parts where trains will be slower like at and around stations?cabman701 wrote:Way too many to list here... but the Union Pacific/Amtrak line between Chicago and St Louis will eventually have all quad crossings due to high speed rail. It's been on ongoing project for close to 15 years now. Unfortunately this has meant (or will mean) the demise of some signals that have been around since the 70's in some cases.
Here is a few close to my hometown of Springfield, IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8961041 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9103438 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9542179 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9619451 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7203785 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6763123 ... 6656?hl=en
That line has come up in the past on here. IIRC, only parts of the line have quad gates where the speed limit exceeds a certain amount, but that escapes me atm.ToledoRailfan wrote:Will/Does the entire line have quad gates? Or only on the parts where it actually is high speed and not on parts where trains will be slower like at and around stations?cabman701 wrote:Way too many to list here... but the Union Pacific/Amtrak line between Chicago and St Louis will eventually have all quad crossings due to high speed rail. It's been on ongoing project for close to 15 years now. Unfortunately this has meant (or will mean) the demise of some signals that have been around since the 70's in some cases.
Here is a few close to my hometown of Springfield, IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8961041 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9103438 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9542179 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9619451 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7203785 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6763123 ... 6656?hl=en
Except for the major cities, pretty much all of the crossings are quads. However, some very rural crossings (only used for farm field access or someone's driveway) have "normal" gates. It's kind of crazy to see a gated crossing leading into a farm field, but they do exist:ZachL wrote:That line has come up in the past on here. IIRC, only parts of the line have quad gates where the speed limit exceeds a certain amount, but that escapes me atm.ToledoRailfan wrote:Will/Does the entire line have quad gates? Or only on the parts where it actually is high speed and not on parts where trains will be slower like at and around stations?cabman701 wrote:Way too many to list here... but the Union Pacific/Amtrak line between Chicago and St Louis will eventually have all quad crossings due to high speed rail. It's been on ongoing project for close to 15 years now. Unfortunately this has meant (or will mean) the demise of some signals that have been around since the 70's in some cases.
Here is a few close to my hometown of Springfield, IL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8961041 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9103438 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9542179 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9619451 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7203785 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6763123 ... 6656?hl=en
Pretty large relay house there!ToledoRailfan wrote:Miami, Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7988609 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7989114 ... 6656?hl=en
Here it is active.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7989353 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7989194 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7989776 ... 6656?hl=en
This crossing use to look a lot different.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7988887 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7988593 ... 1664?hl=en
You could almost live in it!
Oh, I wonder if the classic cantilevers are still there!ToledoRailfan wrote:Continental, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0976494 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0972777 ... 1664?hl=en
I remember seeing a picture of that crossing recently on Facebook. Everything is still there, except that one of the bells has been replaced.ZachL wrote:Oh, I wonder if the classic cantilevers are still there!ToledoRailfan wrote:Continental, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0976494 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0972777 ... 1664?hl=en
