Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

cabman701 wrote:This would have been another good April Fool's joke for a "scenic" crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.027669, ... 6656?hl=en
Unbelievable!

This too:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0279601 ... 6656?hl=en
It's been in better (and worse) shape as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0279438 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0279607 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow! Those are a first!

ToledoRailfan wrote:Does anyone remember this crossing? Here it is now.

Those are Griswold/RACO/Safetran cantilevers there with the arms cut off.

Classic crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3041242 ... 64!6m1!1e1

Does anyone remember this crossing?

Here it is now.

Kind of odd.

Holy shit I had no idea the tides were that extreme here!

ToledoRailfan wrote:Does anyone remember this crossing?

Here it is now.

Kind of odd.

Holy shit I had no idea the tides were that extreme here!

Looks like this is the Canadian equivalent of a DOT number:
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0211202 ... 4352?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Does anyone remember this crossing?

Here it is now.

Kind of odd.

Holy shit I had no idea the tides were that extreme here!

You found my home turf, the BNSF Bellingham Subdivision! Unfortunately, I don't have a passport right now, otherwise I would go over there and take some update pictures.

Classic leaning signal.
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Interesting....

ToledoRailfan wrote:Classic leaning signal.

And a classic crossing with a pair of WCH mechanical bells too!

ToledoRailfan wrote:Interesting....

I think that's a pretty standard sign. I know I've seen a few of them, including this one up in Tullahoma, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3727282 ... authuser=0

Active crossing in the Netherlands:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.6552171 ... 56!6m1!1e1

Nearby is a crossing with some rather odd signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.6544726 ... 56!6m1!1e1
Instead of bells, it looks like the crossing uses alarms like what you'd find on a home security system?
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.654398, ... 56!6m1!1e1
And here's a video of it in action:

The stop dismount signs are common along the end of spur lines. I still don't quite know what they mean, either.