Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ToledoRailfan wrote:East Windsor, Connecticut.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9298579 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9297623 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9284878 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9281957 ... 6656?hl=en

Those are neat!

ToledoRailfan wrote:East Windsor, Connecticut.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9298579 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9297623 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9284878 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9281957 ... 6656?hl=en

It's got a mini bell too! Odd gate mechanisms, BTW.

TrickyMario7654 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:East Windsor, Connecticut.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9298579 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9297623 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9284878 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9281957 ... 6656?hl=en

It's got a mini bell too! Odd gate mechanisms, BTW.

Those gate mechanisms are probably from before the gate mechanisms that we see nowadays even existed!

ToledoRailfan wrote:

TrickyMario7654 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:East Windsor, Connecticut.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9298579 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9297623 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9284878 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9281957 ... 6656?hl=en

It's got a mini bell too! Odd gate mechanisms, BTW.

Those gate mechanisms are probably from before the gate mechanisms that we see nowadays even existed!

Still there too it appears! Sweet find!

HOLY COW!!! I had only seen gate mechanisms like that in old historic photos from 70-80+ years ago!!! Amazing find!

Although common on Metro tracks, wishbone gates are near impossible to find on V/line tracks (ironically, pretty much all RFR crossing upgrades in the mid 2000's used them). However, this crossing on Yarra Street in South Geelong still has them!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.158 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.158 ... 312!8i6656

ZachL wrote:HOLY COW!!! I had only seen gate mechanisms like that in old historic photos from 70-80+ years ago!!! Amazing find!

Same here! Though I had found one tucked away inside the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum.

Here is a pedestrian gate in Jackman, Maine. This kind of looks familiar so it may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6234144 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pedestrian gate in Jackman, Maine. This kind of looks familiar so it may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6234144 ... 6656?hl=en

Yeah that's been here before, haha.

I still don't like what they did with the one across the road though by attaching a regular gate to the A-frame holder

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pedestrian gate in Jackman, Maine. This kind of looks familiar so it may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6234144 ... 6656?hl=en

Yeah that's been here before, haha.

I still don't like what they did with the one across the road though by attaching a regular gate to the A-frame holder

I think that one in Maine is gone now anyways.