Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Interesting setup in San Jose, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3107536 ... 312!8i6656
This pedestrian signal with a gate has 8 inch LED lights. Also, not sure why the extra signal and gate for that driveway when all people can do there is turn right (away from the tracks).
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3106445 ... 312!8i6656
8 inch LED's here too:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3104351 ... 312!8i6656

Here is a video of the crossing in operation. The gate for the driveway goes down on a delay:

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cabman701 wrote:Interesting setup in San Jose, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3107536 ... 312!8i6656
This pedestrian signal with a gate has 8 inch LED lights. Also, not sure why the extra signal and gate for that driveway when all people can do there is turn right (away from the tracks).
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3106445 ... 312!8i6656
8 inch LED's here too:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3104351 ... 312!8i6656

Here is a video of the crossing in operation. The gate for the driveway goes down on a delay:

Odd locations for the bells:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3106459 ... QGjGPA!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3104351 ... LGXcuQ!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3107542 ... BqUt2g!2e0
They/Them for me, please.

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freebrickproductions wrote:
cabman701 wrote:Interesting setup in San Jose, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3107536 ... 312!8i6656
This pedestrian signal with a gate has 8 inch LED lights. Also, not sure why the extra signal and gate for that driveway when all people can do there is turn right (away from the tracks).
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3106445 ... 312!8i6656
8 inch LED's here too:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3104351 ... 312!8i6656

Here is a video of the crossing in operation. The gate for the driveway goes down on a delay:

Odd locations for the bells:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3106459 ... QGjGPA!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3104351 ... LGXcuQ!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3107542 ... BqUt2g!2e0
The location of the bells being above the lights is actually starting to become common. I'm assuming that it's louder down there.
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Hamilton, Illinois:
Freeburn, Kentucky:
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cabman701 wrote:Hamilton, Illinois:

[*]Why take down the old crossbucks when you put up the new ones?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3875482 ... 312!8i6656
Ironically, both crossbucks are not very visible.
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Great find! Defiantly something you don't see everyday. :TUP1: :TUP2:
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cabman701 wrote:
Looks almost like an 8 inch version of this signal at 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL:
ImageStrange Railroad Crossing Signal by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
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freebrickproductions wrote:Looks almost like an 8 inch version of this signal at 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL.
Yes... I thought the same thing! I thought the one in Birmingham was "home made" but it appears not.
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Belgrade, Maine:
Oakland, Maine:
Newport, Maine:
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cabman701 wrote:
Every signal there has three pairs of 8 inch lights on it. :Blink:
They/Them for me, please.

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