Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

freebrickproductions wrote:Van Allen Road, Escalon, CA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8349451 ... 312!8i6656
Go back to 2007 and you'll see that the bells there were on the opposite sides of the crossing!

This one has been gone for a while, replaced with a GS Type 3 last year I want to say. Luckily I did get it in the background on a few of my videos.

2:38

Caltrain927 wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:Van Allen Road, Escalon, CA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8349451 ... 312!8i6656
Go back to 2007 and you'll see that the bells there were on the opposite sides of the crossing!

This one has been gone for a while, replaced with a GS Type 3 last year I want to say. Luckily I did get it in the background on a few of my videos.

2:38

How many of the mechanical bells and 8 inch lights remain along the line?

freebrickproductions wrote:

Caltrain927 wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:Van Allen Road, Escalon, CA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8349451 ... 312!8i6656
Go back to 2007 and you'll see that the bells there were on the opposite sides of the crossing!

This one has been gone for a while, replaced with a GS Type 3 last year I want to say. Luckily I did get it in the background on a few of my videos.

2:38

How many of the mechanical bells and 8 inch lights remain along the line?

8" lights are very rare now, only 3 I can think of offhand. Sexton Road near Escalon, Tully Rd & 7th St in Hughson are the only 3 I can think of that haven't been upgraded.

A few mechanical bells are still out there but their numbers are dwindling. Yosemite Ave in Escalon still has its WCH, Harrold Ave has a RACO, Claus Ave in Riverbank has a Safetran. Buchanan Hollow Rd near Le Grand is the only crossing on the Stockton Sub that has a pair of mechanicals, WRRS & WCH I think.

Battle Creek, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3185673 ... 6656?hl=en

St. Louis, Missouri.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5965807 ... 6656?hl=en

1 on the Whistler Valley Trail! https://www.google.com/maps/@50.1200564 ... 312!8i6656

1 on Pemberton Portage Road in D'Arcy, BC! https://www.google.com/maps/@50.4721502 ... 312!8i6656

The BC Railfan wrote:1 on Pemberton Portage Road in D'Arcy, BC! https://www.google.com/maps/@50.4721502 ... 312!8i6656

Depends if its still there, that street view was taken in October 2015 and for all we know that bell could be long gone.

Farron Street, Rocklin, CA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7864373 ... 312!8i6656

freebrickproductions wrote:Farron Street, Rocklin, CA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7864373 ... 312!8i6656

Replaced a WCH Mechanical Bell if you go to 2012.

Also caught in action in 2007, with a SP engine either in lead or tow.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7857105 ... 328!8i1664