Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Active crossing in Ramos Mejía near Buenos Aires.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.640857 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.640861 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.640860 ... 312!8i6656

Some very classic signals (with a pair of GRS Lex-C 8 inch lights) mounted on the wrong sides of the road:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.090344, ... 312!8i6656
It also appears to have some very weird lenses:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0903263 ... 312!8i6656

Look's like the crossbuck fell off the mast at this crossing...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.820 ... 312!8i6656

freebrickproductions wrote:Some very classic signals (with a pair of GRS Lex-C 8 inch lights) mounted on the wrong sides of the road:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.090344, ... 312!8i6656
It also appears to have some very weird lenses:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0903263 ... 312!8i6656

Could those be LED's of some sort?

Active crossing in Vancouver, WA: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6295944 ... 6656?hl=en
Back in 2007, this crossing had crossbucks only: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6296848 ... 1664?hl=en

Also, just a few blocks over back in 2007 was this set of crossings... https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6273035 ... 1664?hl=en. The one on the right had some very old signals with STOP signs that would light up. Those oldies got replaced with gated signals soon after that. Then, around 2013, both that crossing and the crossing on the left were completely torn out.

2012: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6272982 ... 6656?hl=en
2014: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6272906 ... 6656?hl=en

cabman701 wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:Some very classic signals (with a pair of GRS Lex-C 8 inch lights) mounted on the wrong sides of the road:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.090344, ... 312!8i6656
It also appears to have some very weird lenses:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0903263 ... 312!8i6656

Could those be LED's of some sort?

Don't think so. The only 8 inch LEDs that I know stick out of the signals they're placed in are the 8 inch Safetran Fading LEDs and 8 inch Harmon Fading LEDs, both of which would be much more red in color.

Also, a guy on another forum I'm apart of (Highway Divides, and I believe said user has an account here) actually got a lens made by US&S that appears to be designed to stick out of the crossing lights by a wide margin, though the one snag on that is that the lens is also a 9 inch lens and the lights at the crossing are from GRS.
Here's a couple pictures of the lens taken by said user:

Active crossing in Chicago. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538568 ... 6656?hl=en

Active crossing in Cicero, Illinois.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8521009 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Active crossing in Chicago. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538568 ... 6656?hl=en

Active crossing in Cicero, Illinois.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8521009 ... 6656?hl=en

Take a closer look at both though, as they each have lantern gate lights in use!
The first crossing, which has almost all lantern gate lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8536769 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538568 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en
There's also what appears to be a small L&W or US&S 8 inch signal here as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en

The second crossing only has three:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8520387 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8520387 ... 6656?hl=en

It appears that there are more in use on other crossings along that line:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8521795 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.851762, ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8520892 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.851766, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.851766, ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8520689 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8517865 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8523774 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8521655 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538691 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537336 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8519564 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8517686 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8517208 ... 6656?hl=en
This is also a bit odd, though it appears to be for a railroad-owned building:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.85191,- ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.851837, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.851837, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.851837, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8517376 ... 6656?hl=en

freebrickproductions wrote: The first crossing, which has almost all lantern gate lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8536769 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538568 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en

Interesting, I did not notice those!

freebrickproductions wrote: There's also what appears to be a small L&W or US&S 8 inch signal here as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8537936 ... 6656?hl=en

The CTA likes to use interesting signals for stations next to crossings.

Here are some on the Brown Line.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9660993 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9661472 ... 6656?hl=en
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Odd "2 tracks" signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@64.8483882 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@64.8487247 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote: Odd "2 tracks" signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@64.8483882 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@64.8487247 ... 6656?hl=en

Looks like the numbers are meant for mile posts and the "tracks" is just a standard tracks sign.