Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
This is an odd '2 Tracks' sign.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@36.6999 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@36.6999 ... 312!8i6656
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
In California those 'Tracks' signs are used under advance warning signs, odd seeing one on the crossbuck post at the crossing though!TrickyMario7654 wrote:This is an odd '2 Tracks' sign.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@36.6999 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Active crossing in Berwick, VIC.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.036 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.036 ... 312!8i6656
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
There are actually a few crossings on the site that showcase advance warning track signs on signals themselves, but yeah that instance is few and far between.ToledoRailfan wrote:In California those 'Tracks' signs are used under advance warning signs, odd seeing one on the crossbuck post at the crossing though!TrickyMario7654 wrote:This is an odd '2 Tracks' sign.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@36.6999 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Interesting signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.062375, ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Republic, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1198359 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.062375, ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Republic, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1198359 ... 1664?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
All of those appear to be standard signs, just improperly mounted. The symbolic Low Ground Clearance sign should be above the supplemental text one, and the advance warning sign and Low Ground Clearance sign should both be at least 7 feet off of the ground, and possibly on separate posts...ToledoRailfan wrote:Interesting signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.062375, ... 6656?hl=en
They/Them for me, please.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Low ground clearances are something that should not be disregarded at all. Basically it's where the road comes up like this: /¯\ to level with the tracks, but since it's not a gradual change in elevation, but rather sudden, it can be problematic for trailers that are loosely-connected to their chassis, and cause the bottom to scrape along the crest of the elevation, or even get stuck!
Just a little explanation for those who didn't know what that sign meant.
Just a little explanation for those who didn't know what that sign meant.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Not sure if this has been posted already, but this crossing in Oak Grove MO has interesting pedestrian signals. It looks like they are Don't Walk signals, I didn't know they were used on pedestrian crossings in the US.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0043374 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0046396 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0043374 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0046396 ... 6656?hl=en
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Nice find! I don't think I've seen a setup like that before.McK&H.Aust wrote:Not sure if this has been posted already, but this crossing in Oak Grove MO has interesting pedestrian signals. It looks like they are Don't Walk signals, I didn't know they were used on pedestrian crossings in the US.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0043374 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0046396 ... 6656?hl=en
I wonder if they operate like normal crosswalk signals at an intersection or they have their own operation.
I don't think those have been posted here before, I don't recognize them.