Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:Can't remember if this was posted here before, but here's an active crossing in Kingston, NY:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9635814 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9637881 ... 312!8i6656

What kind of train is that?! Almost looks like a streetcar.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9636246 ... 312!8i6656

Work train, it appears.

ToledoRailfan wrote: Kind of interesting to see an advance warning sign for the side street.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9643134 ... 312!8i6656

I've seen that before:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Huntsville/Kohler/

I'd assume those Advance Warning signals are used where corners are sharp and a railroad crossing is least-expected.

freebrickproductions wrote:

cabman701 wrote: One more, then I'll quit. Burlington, IA from 1993:
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/608391/
Streetview 20 years later. The cantilever is different, but it's nice to see the steam engine still in it's same spot:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8077503 ... 56!6m1!1e1

Gate mast is also the same, with the same lights as well, though the bell and gate mech have been replaced.

Telegraph poles, too!

Here are some very old crossbucks!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6195014 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6198366 ... 1664?hl=en

This crossing is located on the line owned and operated by the Golden Spike National Historic Site. I wonder if those crossbucks could be replicas?
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"1 track" sign!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7383445 ... 6656?hl=en

Kind of weird seeing a pedestrian crossing sign with a crossbuck, but it makes sense as the crosswalk is really close to the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7383001 ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a classic 45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7605024 ... 6656?hl=en

There is a 90 degree crossbuck for this crossing as well.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7604629 ... 6656?hl=en
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Very short posts.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7688708 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7686783 ... 6656?hl=en


https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7686783 ... 6656?hl=en
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Looks like someone hit this crossbuck.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7854543 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing doesn't have any signage! It a private crossing though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7860831 ... 6656?hl=en
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Split crossbuck! That is kind of uncommon in Pennsylvania.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7930441 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of odd.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7943676 ... 6656?hl=en
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They really could move the crossbuck closer to the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.81256,- ... 6656?hl=en
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Here is a pretty cool pedestrian crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8200474 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8200474 ... 6656?hl=en
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Are these some sort of old private crossing signs?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.862846, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8627699 ... 6656?hl=en
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More crossbucks that appears to have been hit by a car!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8745414 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9125847 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting private crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9373296 ... 6656?hl=en
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These signals are falling apart and I think this crossing isn't abandon!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6270997 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6270616 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic cantilever with modern lights!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6239908 ... 6656?hl=en

Cateye crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6239908 ... 6656?hl=en

Here is the signal with 8'' lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6240019 ... 1664?hl=en
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Classic signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6231214 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6231048 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oil+C ... 2956?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6230001 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of an odd crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465807 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465184 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4466258 ... 6656?hl=en

Nice counting!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465807 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465184 ... 6656?hl=en
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GRS Lex-c lights!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.445091, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4449411 ... 6656?hl=en

FRA violation?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.445091, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4448567 ... 6656?hl=en
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Very old signal!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4451448 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of an odd signal.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4441676 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4440618 ... 6656?hl=en
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GRS Lex-c lights with a teardrop bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4368934 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4370594 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic 8'' signals with a teardrop bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.434239, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4342865 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing on a two-way road with one gate! (I'm not a 100 percent sure if this crossing has been posted here before or if I'm thinking of a different one)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4339332 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338623 ... 6656?hl=en

I'm so confused!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338827 ... 6656?hl=en
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I hope these signals for the crosswalk are also for the crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4327458 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a classic 45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7605024 ... 6656?hl=en

I'm going to assume that is more of a decoration owned by the business in that building there.

ToledoRailfan wrote:Nice counting!
https://www.google.comhttps://www.googl ... 6656?hl=en

Your link is bad... here is what I believe is the correct one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4465184 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here are some very old crossbucks!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6195014 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6198366 ... 1664?hl=en

This crossing is located on the line owned and operated by the Golden Spike National Historic Site. I wonder if those crossbucks could be replicas?

I'd lean on replicas here. It's run by a historical society, and if it were "very old," there would be some rust/fading somewhere there.

ToledoRailfan wrote:Split crossbuck! That is kind of uncommon in Pennsylvania.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7930441 ... 6656?hl=en

Not really a split crossbuck per se, but just an improperly-installed one-sided crossbuck. Split crossbucks would have double-sided lettering.

cabman701 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a classic 45 degree crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7605024 ... 6656?hl=en

I'm going to assume that is more of a decoration owned by the business in that building there.

That might be the case today, but because it's made from cast-iron, it wouldn't surprise me if it was actually in service some decades ago.

ToledoRailfan wrote:This crossing on a two-way road with one gate! (I'm not a 100 percent sure if this crossing has been posted here before or if I'm thinking of a different one)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4339332 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338623 ... 6656?hl=en

I'm so confused!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4338827 ... 6656?hl=en

I believe I posted that here before.

A very classic, but strange, crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7759531 ... 6656?hl=en
The bell is mounted on its own mast in the middle of the crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7761525 ... 6656?hl=en
This was the view that I saw when I first looked at the crossing on street view. I thought it was a mixture of a one-signal-wonder and a bell-only crossing! But then I discovered the third signal...
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7761525 ... 6656?hl=en

More classic signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7782832 ... 6656?hl=en

Some classic cantilevers with what appear to be GRS 8 inch lights:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.781744, ... 6656?hl=en

Active crossing that appears to be malfunctioning:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8095758 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8095741 ... 6656?hl=en

Some more classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8534739 ... 6656?hl=en

More classic GRS signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8676939 ... 6656?hl=en

Still more classics:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.872432, ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8966814 ... 6656?hl=en

This bell was left open!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2796124 ... 6656?hl=en

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2828722 ... 6656?hl=en