Railroad crossings with no signals, just a crossbuck.

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Re: Railroad crossings with no signals, just a crossbuck.

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freebrickproductions wrote:
Megabox wrote:https://www.google.com/maps/@30.055864, ... 312!8i6656

Here's a railroad crossing with just a crossbuck that's right next to one with lights and gates.
That's typical of spur lines that break off near a road.
It seems to be a common thing in the western Midwestern states along with some Western States, that is something that I've noticed.
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Re: Railroad crossings with no signals, just a crossbuck.

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ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
Megabox wrote:https://www.google.com/maps/@30.055864, ... 312!8i6656

Here's a railroad crossing with just a crossbuck that's right next to one with lights and gates.
That's typical of spur lines that break off near a road.
It seems to be a common thing in the western Midwestern states along with some Western States, that is something that I've noticed.
It's also somewhat common here too.
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Re: Railroad crossings with no signals, just a crossbuck.

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How about one of these on a major 4-lane road?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4174529 ... 312!8i6656

Just a few blocks away, this same track has cantilevers at another, less busy, 4-lane road. :huh:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4248668 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Railroad crossings with no signals, just a crossbuck.

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Joosh wrote:How about one of these on a major 4-lane road?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4174529 ... 312!8i6656

Just a few blocks away, this same track has cantilevers at another, less busy, 4-lane road. :huh:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4248668 ... 312!8i6656
I've seen that before. Airport Road here in Huntsville used to just be protected by a pair of crossbucks, despite the road being extremely busy most of the time:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6907213 ... authuser=0
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Re: Railroad crossings with no signals, just a crossbuck.

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freebrickproductions wrote:
Joosh wrote:How about one of these on a major 4-lane road?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4174529 ... 312!8i6656

Just a few blocks away, this same track has cantilevers at another, less busy, 4-lane road. :huh:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4248668 ... 312!8i6656
I've seen that before. Airport Road here in Huntsville used to just be protected by a pair of crossbucks, despite the road being extremely busy most of the time:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6907213 ... authuser=0
This crossing is kind of like that although it rarely sees train traffic which shouldn't be too surprising considering it is for a nuclear power plant . This crossing use to be signalized as well interestingly enough.
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