Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Active 7 track crossing in North Kansas City, Missouri:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.126856, ... 6656?hl=en

Obviously they were doing some switching:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1268369 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.126987, ... 6656?hl=en

Interesting... in Jackson, OH:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0436516 ... 64!6m1!1e1

cabman701 wrote: Interesting... in Jackson, OH:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0436516 ... 64!6m1!1e1

I have to wonder who made those beacons...

Kind of an interesting crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5640911 ... 6656?hl=en
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Very old signals, I think the line is abandon.
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7102346 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7104542 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of an interesting crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4432036 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4432036 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4433998 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting....
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4420495 ... 6656?hl=en
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Signals that have had their lights removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3901764 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.389945, ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2726591 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2727961 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2682666 ... 1664?hl=en
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Western Cullen-Hayes Clear LEDs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1721153 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1724029 ... 6656?hl=en
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Pretty cool crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0967184 ... 6656?hl=en
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Another pretty cool crossing! This one has its own YYR signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9994684 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9994653 ... 1664?hl=en
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Another crossing with YYR signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9949119 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9951635 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9954384 ... 1664?hl=en
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Yet another crossing with YYR signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9933186 ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a pretty cool pedestrian crossing with an 8'' signal!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9914554 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9915621 ... 1664?hl=en
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Even more YYR signals at a crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9886797 ... 6656?hl=en
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Guess!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9863942 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing just has traffic signal beacons instead of YYR signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9855172 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting private crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9387567 ... 6656?hl=en
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45 degree crossbucks!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8541741 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7860602 ... 6656?hl=en
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This seems kind of unnecessary, I don't see a major hill that would require having lights this high here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7635609 ... 6656?hl=en
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More signals that have had their lights removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4433147 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.443539, ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is an interesting crossing for someone's driveway!
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4435736 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4435736 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote: Very old signals, I think the line is abandon.
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7102346 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7104542 ... 6656?hl=en

Looks like it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7103688 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7104542 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7103265 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7103265 ... 6656?hl=en

Active crossing in Carnegie, VIC.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.885 ... 6656?hl=en

Don't think I've ever seen level crossing signals without the red-and-white striped outlines and missing visors. Good catch!

ZachL wrote:Don't think I've ever seen level crossing signals without the red-and-white striped outlines and missing visors. Good catch!

British signals use to have white outlines instead of the red and white outlines, there is a handful still in service. Irish signals (except in Dublin) still use the white outline.

Active crossings in Winterthur.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5001779 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5208473 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5208814 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting signs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1505206 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1483596 ... 6656?hl=en
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8'' GRS Lex-c lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2360037 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.236208, ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2373717 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2376395 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2944881 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2955797 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2955388 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2955267 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic cantilever signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3422946 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3422893 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting....
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4643998 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Interesting signs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1505206 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1483596 ... 6656?hl=en

For crossings suggesting that they are dangerous, the track conditions can really show how often they may be used.

ToledoRailfan wrote:8'' GRS Lex-c lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2360037 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.236208, ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2373717 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2376395 ... 6656?hl=en

Already known about:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3405#p23448

ToledoRailfan wrote: Interesting signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2944881 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2955797 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2955388 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2955267 ... 6656?hl=en

Signals likely used to have wooden gates originally. Railroads would do things like that to avoid having the lights get hit by the gates.

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Interesting signs!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1505206 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1483596 ... 6656?hl=en

For crossings suggesting that they are dangerous, the track conditions can really show how often they may be used.

The signs are old cast iron ones, so the line may have originally been a very busy main line. Or there used to be some other condition at the crossings years ago that made them dangerous, and the signs were never removed.