Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

freebrickproductions wrote:

busman_49 wrote:Active private crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5103775 ... 312!8i6656

Check out that BAD sign on the left edge of the frame

So I decided to advance forward to see what was leading this train:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5193068 ... 312!8i6656

Ah yes, the infamous CraIG CountY sign.

I wouldn't call that private crossing "active" though, since it's only crossbucks.

Good point. I found a train anyway!!!

Another North Carolina oddity... no front lights, and why the extra crossbuck on the telephone pole?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8695218 ... 6656?hl=en

This crossing has changed a lot since 2007... what was there before had all 12 inch Lex C's and no gates.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8698649 ... 1664?hl=en

I think on the new set up, the gate on the side road is a bit much... people can still safely turn left even when the crossing is occupied.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8698186 ... 6656?hl=en

cabman701 wrote:Another North Carolina oddity... no front lights, and why the extra crossbuck on the telephone pole?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8695218 ... 6656?hl=en

Probably for visibility reasons.

A lot of old equipment here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5910152 ... 6656?hl=en
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https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5906636 ... 6656?hl=en
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https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5900835 ... 1664?hl=en
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https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5900244 ... 6656?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:A lot of old equipment here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5910152 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5907984 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5906636 ... 6656?hl=en
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I love Marion! I was there a few times back in the early 2010s to do some railfanning and ogle all of the old equipment.

Really tall mast:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7450205 ... 6656?hl=en

Odd crossing poles. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0906583 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0906621 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Swanton, Ohio. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5975052 ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Rushsylvania, Ohio. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4802161 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4811437 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4812379 ... 6656?hl=en
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Cool setup. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.85644,- ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@42.85644,- ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Whitman, Nebraska. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0401646 ... 6656?hl=en

freebrickproductions wrote:Really tall mast:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7450205 ... 6656?hl=en

All that just for an extra gate holder. Not sure why they would only choose to do the one side. Did you see how they attached the bell?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7450205 ... 6656?hl=en

Belmont, North Carolina. Check out how short these mast signals are:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2421806 ... 312!8i6656
Here's an active shot from 3 days ago:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 8&nseq=142

They just seem to love their cantilevers without mast lights in this state:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.230408, ... 312!8i6656

Going back to the original crossing with the short masts... just a block northeast, on a separate set of tracks. This is... interesting...
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2424444 ... 312!8i6656

Following that same separate line above to the north... after quite a bit of what looks to be out-of-service track, we find this. Hard to tell if the track is actually being used, the rails look quite rusty:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2678683 ... 312!8i6656

Came across this on GSV in my hometown... not sure how the top of the cantilever got whacked off. I'm guessing an over-sized truck hit it, but the rest of it is still standing??
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7139523 ... 6656?hl=en
GSV must have passed through here twice, because in this picture the top of it (that was laying on the ground) is gone:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7139456 ... 6656?hl=en
Here's what it used to look like:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7139455 ... 6656?hl=en

Sure wish I had known about this at Christmas when I was up there. Would have gone out to see what it looks like now.

Also found this interesting work going on just a few blocks from where I used to live. Replacing concrete ties with new concrete ties?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7792434 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7792456 ... 6656?hl=en
More work going on a few blocks north:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7870612 ... 6656?hl=en

Amtrak caught on satellite:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8850661 ... !1e3?hl=en