Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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freebrickproductions wrote:Transport Products Corp. gate mechs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6206598 ... 312!8i6656
Go up the road just a little and back in time, there was a semaphore!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6212035 ... 328!8i1664
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ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Transport Products Corp. gate mechs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6206598 ... 312!8i6656
Go up the road just a little and back in time, there was a semaphore!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6212035 ... 328!8i1664
And the cool thing is that is was probably still in use! :TUP1: Otherwise they would not have replaced it with a new signal.
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Transport Products Corp. gate mechs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6206598 ... 312!8i6656
Go up the road just a little and back in time, there was a semaphore!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6212035 ... 328!8i1664
And the cool thing is that is was probably still in use! :TUP1: Otherwise they would not have replaced it with a new signal.
Oddly enough, the new signal is a Searchlight:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6212021 ... 312!8i6656
Seeing the "App" plate tells me that this is a fixed Approach signal (also called a distant signal).
They/Them for me, please.

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Brings up a good question... if the town does really flood that bad, you would think it would destroy the signals themselves... along with the track wiring and all that. I guess the equipment in the relay box is the most expensive part?

Just have to wonder if the lights have been underwater at some point and survived.
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The "before signals" (could not think of a different term) are old incandescent signals while the signals at the intersection are modern L.E.D signals. There is also a blackout signal here which is something that I've not seen on this kind of setup before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0798992 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0798987 ... 6656?hl=en

Notice how far away the crossing is from the intersection! I'm surprised that they went with this setup despite the crossing being significantly far from the crossing. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0798987 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of an odd setup. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0246378 ... 6656?hl=en

I thought that was a real deer at first. :oops: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0246378 ... 6656?hl=en
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This is another odd setup, it does not seem very safe. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7259395 ... 6656?hl=en
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What is this thing? https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8773706 ... 1664?hl=en
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Bell only crossing. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7969667 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic signals with some 8'' G.R.S Lex-c lights! https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7881303 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@41.788379, ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing has pedestrian gates for the sidewalk, something that I have not seen in Michigan. I think they did this here because of Amtrak's high speed rail through here. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.801019, ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8007232 ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a cool signal for a side street. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.268532, ... 6656?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:This is another odd setup, it does not seem very safe. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7259395 ... 6656?hl=en
Not necessarily. It's a spur line, which means it doesn't receive much usage, hence the crossbucks only.
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