Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

I found this crossing due to a picture from Facebook. It's a one signal wonder... almost. The Streetview pictures are old and fuzzy, but here you go: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.7631321 ... 64!6m1!1e1

Just the one cantilever at the actual crossing, because the tracks are too close to the road to put another signal in. But... they have this a little ways up the road: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.7634796 ... 64!6m1!1e1

Below is the photo that made me do some searching for this...

Check out these oldies but goodies in Vermont... https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6095084 ... !1e1?hl=en.


And they are still in service as shown in the below video (go to the 1:45 mark):

Found these old A-Gates with black and white stripes in Melbourne, Australia.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Al ... 70!6m1!1e1

Those A frame gates are all over the place in Australia. I guess people don't smash through them like they do here... so they have never made the switch to fiberglass.

cabman701 wrote:Those A frame gates are all over the place in Australia. I guess people don't smash through them like they do here... so they have never made the switch to fiberglass.

Or Aluminum.
Also, many railroads here in the US replaced signals with the wooden gates or replaced the wooden gates themselves.

freebrickproductions wrote: At most of those crossings, some of the lights look like old GRS lights with GRS Lex-C backgrounds and visors attached to the front of them. I wonder why they did that...
Though I do have to wonder what happened to the gate on this signal:
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It was still there back in 2009:
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I bet Lex-C Platsics can fit over any kind of light and I bet the old lights didn't work out for some weird reson I can explain.
And the Gate I believe was for that sidewalk to the right of it. Maybe they removed it or it got vandalized.

This crossbuck's in poor shape:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3779179 ... 312!8i6656

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.360973, ... 328!8i1664

I wonder why these signals are so far back:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3764618 ... 312!8i6656

freebrickproductions wrote:
I wonder why these signals are so far back:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3764618 ... 312!8i6656

Probably because the tracks curve at the crossing.

Tall signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3513115 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3514891 ... 312!8i6656

NS maintainer replacing the bell at this crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3528445 ... 312!8i6656

Another tall signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3548374 ... 312!8i6656

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.337712, ... 312!8i6656

US&S E-bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3230284 ... 312!8i6656

Oops!
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3142834 ... 312!8i6656

Unique setup. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2745884 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@41.274514, ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2743139 ... 6656?hl=en
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Very rusty signals. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9695473 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9697129 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing. https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9353836 ... 6656?hl=en
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Another active crossing. https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8228959 ... 6656?hl=en
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Some strange Google Streetview images. https://www.google.com/maps/@46.2843097 ... 1664?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@46.2842915 ... 1664?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@46.2848945 ... 1664?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@46.2846337 ... 1664?hl=en
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Odd setup. https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4527032 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4528609 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4528609 ... 6656?hl=en
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Incorrectly installed crossbuck. https://www.google.com/maps/@45.444068, ... 6656?hl=en
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