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Re: The oldest grade crossing?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 2:27 pm
by pluey200
Re: The oldest grade crossing?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:31 pm
by freebrickproductions
It's not. A bit of a shame though, as that crossing is one of the few crossings left east of Illinois to feature Griswold EM gate mechs, along with one of the few to feature the pedestrian variant of an EM gate mech.
Also in Ohio is this crossing with another pair of EM gate mechs, though like the above, the EM gate mechs at it are out of service (though the line is still in service):
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Ohio/A-K/Blachester/Broadway/
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2923577 ... 312!8i6656
If I had to guess, Ohio's EM gate mechs are probably the closest ones to me that are still standing. It appears that the B&O once used EM gate mechs, though very few are left, it seems.
Re: The oldest grade crossing?
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:19 pm
by NathanFromEngland
freebrickproductions wrote:
It's not. A bit of a shame though, as that crossing is one of the few crossings left east of Illinois to feature Griswold EM gate mechs, along with one of the few to feature the pedestrian variant of an EM gate mech.
Also in Ohio is this crossing with another pair of EM gate mechs, though like the above, the EM gate mechs at it are out of service (though the line is still in service):
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Ohio/A-K/Blachester/Broadway/
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2923577 ... 312!8i6656
If I had to guess, Ohio's EM gate mechs are probably the closest ones to me that are still standing. It appears that the B&O once used EM gate mechs, though very few are left, it seems.
To add things up, after exploring a bit of the abandoned line, it comes back into service under the ownership of R.J. Corman, i'm guessing they didn't want to operate down there.