Tracks out of service

[ToledoRailfan]

This cantilever at this abandoned crossing has been turned away from the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3152224 ... 6656?hl=en

This nearby crossing has had it's lights turned away from the road.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3152268 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3152243 ... 6656?hl=en

Looks like there's anticipation of service returning along that line. In the second crossing, there were LEDs added to the lights between 2014 and 2016.

Upgrading a crossing that is not in service currently... seems like such a waste.

Hence why I said "anticipation..."

I followed the the line for a long distance and I came across these classic cantilevers. At this point the rails are pretty much all gone.
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8573914 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.857429, ... 1664?hl=en


https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8094288 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8096828 ... 1664?hl=en

[SirKrunch]

Hence why I said "anticipation..."

Well, something has cut through the muck in the 2016 image... I'm seeing grooves cut in the mud that weren't in the 2014 shot.

[freebrickproductions]

Here's an abandoned branch line in France. This first crossing still works, believe it or not!
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7730721 ... 312!8i6656

Here's a video of the crossing in operation, despite the fact that no trains use this line:


Continuing down the line:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7708212 ... 312!8i6656
There is a small yard next to this crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7709108 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7662107 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7615189 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7593676 ... 312!8i6656

The line went dead by 2014 it appears, but after 2012. This crossing hasn't been revisited by street view after it went defunct:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7538665 ... 312!8i6656

This crossing contains both the spur and the branch line, with no other crossbucks separating them:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7512497 ... a=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7510905 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7512739 ... 312!8i6656

Nearby is another out of service branch line:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7803143 ... 312!8i6656

Seems most of it was torn up, but there is this interesting crossing along a spur just past the above crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7827679 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7828225 ... 312!8i6656

[ToledoRailfan]

Here's an abandoned branch line in France. This first crossing still works, believe it or not!
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7730721 ... 312!8i6656

Here's a video of the crossing in operation, despite the fact that no trains use this line:

Kind of odd that it still has power and can be triggered by walking on the tracks.

There is a small yard next to this crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7709108 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like it could be a siding.

[freebrickproductions]

There is a small yard next to this crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7709108 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like it could be a siding.

There are four tracks there, so I'm going to say it's a small yard. Here's how it looked back in 2012 and looks on satellite view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.770924, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7694584 ... a=!3m1!1e3

[ToledoRailfan]

There is a small yard next to this crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7709108 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like it could be a siding.

There are four tracks there, so I'm going to say it's a small yard. Here's how it looked back in 2012 and looks on satellite view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.770924, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7694584 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Ah, I didn't know that there use to be more tracks.

[freebrickproductions]

There is a small yard next to this crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7709108 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like it could be a siding.

There are four tracks there, so I'm going to say it's a small yard. Here's how it looked back in 2012 and looks on satellite view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.770924, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7694584 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Ah, I didn't know that there use to be more tracks.

Looks like there still is, but they're rather overgrown so they're hard to see.

[ToledoRailfan]

There is a small yard next to this crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7709108 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like it could be a siding.

There are four tracks there, so I'm going to say it's a small yard. Here's how it looked back in 2012 and looks on satellite view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.770924, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7694584 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Ah, I didn't know that there use to be more tracks.

Looks like there still is, but they're rather overgrown so they're hard to see.

I just realized that the first link that you posted that was the most recent view of the yard had the other two tracks visible, I didn't notice that.

[brett nc railfanner]

Stow, OH
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.163808, ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

Stow, OH
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.163808, ... 312!8i6656

Some old Conrail signals there!