Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ToledoRailfan wrote:I wonder what this signal is for?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oil+C ... 2956?hl=en

Considering that there aren't any railroad signals right there, I'd imagine that those display green to let the train crew know that it's okay to proceed.

This old style 'GIVE WAY" sign still stood in Drouin West, VIC in 2008.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.097 ... 328!8i1664

A better picture of it.
http://www.signspotters.hobbiesplus.com ... %20007.jpg

Sadly, it was replaced by 2014.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.097 ... 312!8i6656

Here's an old yellow YIELD sign in Stevenson, AL, which is still there:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8684678 ... authuser=0

A couple of photos that I've taken of it back in 2014:
Yellow Yield Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Yellow Yield Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Some newer ones from 2015, and it's been there on subsequent visits:
2nd Generation Yellow Yield Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
2nd Generation Yellow Yield Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Probably showing my age a bit... but I remember Yield signs being yellow... but mostly they just said Yield and did not have the "Right of Way" on them.

cabman701 wrote:Probably showing my age a bit... but I remember Yield signs being yellow... but mostly they just said Yield and did not have the "Right of Way" on them.

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That was the third generation of yellow yield sign. The first generation wasn't even a triangle at all, but a keystone shape! Here's one in Fayette, AL that I need to go check out:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6738313 ... authuser=0
Unfortunately, there's no street view of the front, but you can tell it's one of these by the back of the sign. Also, they said "Right of Way" underneath the Yield like the second generation ones.

Can you read? Not just no parking... but no NO parking!

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9803147 ... !1e1?hl=en

Kind of a double negative if you ask me... if there is no "No Parking" that means you can, right?

cabman701 wrote:Can you read? Not just no parking... but no NO parking!

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9803147 ... !1e1?hl=en

Kind of a double negative if you ask me... if there is no "No Parking" that means you can, right?

Welcome to Florida, where nobody reads and grammar doesn't matter...

ZachL wrote: Welcome to the South, where nobody reads and grammar doesn't matter...

Fixed that for you.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote: Welcome to the South, where nobody reads and grammar doesn't matter...

Fixed that for you.

Okay, lemme fix that up....

"Welcome to the South, where there ain't nobody who read and the grammar don't matter"

An upside down Metropolitan Route Shield.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.794 ... 6656?hl=en