Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

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look what i found in north carolina

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1162384 ... 312!8i6656

although i was looking for this

https://www.google.com/search?q=a-frame ... AFZOPfzYHM:
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dan the ca railfan wrote:look what i found in north carolina

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1162384 ... 312!8i6656
I don't think there was ever any line there and i think that signal was only there for display purposes.

dan the ca railfan wrote:although i was looking for this

https://www.google.com/search?
rlz=1C1WPZB_enUS691US765&biw=1920&bih=943&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=NVaZW6mkCKPR9AOw8K_ABg&q=abandoned+railroad+crossing+with+wishbone+gate+&oq=abandoned+railroad+crossing+with+wishbone+gate+&gs_l=img.3...4594.17196..17387...1.0..0.68.2060.35......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......35i39.uZIIwKchg5s#imgrc=UV3Zg52B5RXxSM:
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Re: Tracks out of service

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man i hope this is still there!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8185006 ... 328!8i1664
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dan the ca railfan wrote:man i hope this is still there!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8185006 ... 328!8i1664
What are we looking for?
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ZachL wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:man i hope this is still there!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8185006 ... 328!8i1664
What are we looking for?
if you look really hard you can see a forty five degree cross buck!
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dan the ca railfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:man i hope this is still there!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8185006 ... 328!8i1664
What are we looking for?
if you look really hard you can see a forty five degree cross buck!
...you could have said that in your initial post. :Roll:
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Re: Tracks out of service

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waseca mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0151113 ... 312!8i6656

new richland mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8949607 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8938863 ... 312!8i6656

different line

owatonna mn and medford mn on the town border!

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1423979 ... authuser=0

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1424151 ... authuser=0

owatonna mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1678207 ... authuser=0

medford mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1714523 ... authuser=0

former pedestrian crossing in medford mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1750366 ... authuser=0

abandoned railroad bridge

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.177324, ... authuser=0

crossbucks

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1820683 ... authuser=0

no crossbucks here jut paved over rails!

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.189363, ... authuser=0

abandoned railroad bridge

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1964137 ... authuser=0

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2036792 ... authuser=0

abandoned railroad bridge in fairbault mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.21062,- ... authuser=0

views of the tracks from a bridge that was built over the tracks so you can see how over grown they are!

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.225407, ... authuser=0

on this side the tracks are harder to see because of the street view angle

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.225407, ... authuser=0

fairbault mn

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2783974 ... authuser=0

some modern abandoned cantilevers with a gs e-bell

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.286931, ... authuser=0

some abandoned signals with a 2nd generation WCH bell!

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2906156 ... authuser=0

had the tracks not been overgrown and exempt signs put on the cross buck posts i could have easily assumed this crossing was still in service.

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2935064 ... authuser=0

Some abandoned griswold highway stop flashers that still have the stop signs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Clap:

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2945571 ... authuser=0

abandoned railroad bridge

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2968468 ... authuser=0

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2978447 ... authuser=0
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Re: Tracks out of service

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Briceville, TN
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1780329 ... 312!8i6656

Crossing on the border between Rocky Top and Briceville!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.194831, ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Tracks out of service

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Ethan the Railfanner wrote:Briceville, TN
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1780329 ... 312!8i6656

Crossing on the border between Rocky Top and Briceville!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.194831, ... 312!8i6656
Believe I had posted that a few years ago. An old SOU branch line there.
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Re: Tracks out of service

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some abandoned signals in Quebec

this one is cool because one of the holder for the gate is for an a-frame though the a-frame gate is gone

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3961069 ... 312!8i6656

some more abandoned signals

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3749389 ... 312!8i6656

more abandoned signals!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3836348 ... 312!8i6656

more signals

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4547556 ... 312!8i6656

more abandoned signals

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4788251 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4838277 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4820246 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5802187 ... 312!8i6656

this abandoned railroad crossing has a US&S teardrop bell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5845901 ... 312!8i6656

more abandoned signals

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6966814 ... 312!8i6656

yet another abandoned railroad crossing with a teardrop bell!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7604416 ... 0!6s%2F%2F

more abandoned signals

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8349423 ... 312!8i6656

another us&s teardrop bell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9664178 ... 312!8i6656

signals

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9698867 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.050378, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.0723999 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.0984396 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1024001 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1049492 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1093837 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1120347 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1198242 ... 312!8i6656

yet another teardrop bell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1387352 ... 312!8i6656

the next crossing over also has a teardrop bell

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1769228 ... 312!8i6656
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