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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 10:31 pm
by ToledoRailfan
ZachL wrote:Why re-post them then if there haven't been any updates to them then?
Because it has been a while since we've talked about them, so I re-posted them just to give them a fresh feel to newer members. I don't have any interest in doing this to other crossings, I just thought these were worth re-posting. Several stuff about them that I posted wasn't discussed here before too.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 2:24 am
by ToledoRailfan
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 7:28 am
by ZachL
ToledoRailfan wrote:ZachL wrote:Why re-post them then if there haven't been any updates to them then?
Because it has been a while since we've talked about them, so I re-posted them just to give them a fresh feel to newer members. I don't have any interest in doing this to other crossings, I just thought these were worth re-posting. Several stuff about them that I posted wasn't discussed here before too.
Makes sense! For what it's worth though, when I first joined four years ago, all I did was go through this thread page after page and link after link.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:31 pm
by ToledoRailfan
Huh, I guess this a new type of Spanish crossing signals that I've never seen before, either that or they just decided to use traffic signals for this crossing for some reason.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3556925 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3554241 ... 6656?hl=en
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 2:09 am
by ToledoRailfan
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:18 pm
by freebrickproductions
Okay, so this is odd. Here we have a SEPTA crossing that had a mechanical bell in 2007:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9154368 ... 328!8i1664
But by 2012, the bell had been replaced with an electronic bell:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9154272 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9154235 ... 312!8i6656
However, go forwards to 2015, and we have a WCH mechanical bell at this crossing again!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9154471 ... 312!8i6656
Also, these lights just look weird:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9154319 ... 312!8i6656
Though I know it's because of this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9154332 ... 312!8i6656
Some more wide lights at the crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.915427, ... 312!8i6656
However, the next crossing down didn't have a bell back in 2012:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9169568 ... 312!8i6656
But now it has a General Signals e-bell at it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9170033 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9170777 ... 312!8i6656
Maybe that's what happened to the e-bell at the first crossing?
Active crossing in Yogyakarta, Indonesia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.7894441 ... 6656?hl=en
The next crossing down also appears to use gate mechanisms from Machinefabriek Alkmaar (Machinefactory Alkmaar), who makes the crossing equipment for the Neatherlands:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.7901017 ... 6656?hl=en
The next crossings after have similar set-ups for the one above, except with Machinefabriek Alkmaar lights on them! No EBA e-bells though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.7890029 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.7884665 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.788281, ... 6656?hl=en
Another one without lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.7879349 ... 6656?hl=en
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 12:52 am
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote:
Not sure if Australian...or Canadian on that crossbuck
Great finds!!
Railway Crossing crossbucks were used here in the US in the past by some railroads it appears.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 3:25 am
by ToledoRailfan
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 3:31 am
by freebrickproductions
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:51 am
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote:This one looks like it has LED lights!
Well at least Canada hasn't outlawed new installations of 8" lights on public at-grade crossings, although these appear to be retrofitted.
