Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Looks like someone got hit by a train here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5860178 ... 6656?hl=en

(Thanks to jay8g on aaroads.com for finding this!)

NathanFromEngland wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote: It seems that they got some crossing equipment from AZD! (AZD is a company based in the Czech Republic)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@41.11785 ... 56!6m1!1e1

That is the first time I've seen that equipment outside of the Czech Republic and Slovakia! This so weird!!!! Very nice find!

I'd really like to know the story behind that! It seems the Greece doesn't have a standard for crossing signals.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote: It seems that they got some crossing equipment from AZD! (AZD is a company based in the Czech Republic)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@41.11785 ... 56!6m1!1e1

That is the first time I've seen that equipment outside of the Czech Republic and Slovakia! This so weird!!!! Very nice find!

I'd really like to know the story behind that! It seems the Greece doesn't have a standard for crossing signals.

It appears that the other crossings on the line use normal Greek signals. I wonder if those Czech/Slovak signals were used as an experiment on that crossing?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1387678 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1391094 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1034061 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1037412 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0580013 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0580919 ... 312!8i6656

These signals have short gates!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.040861, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0407377 ... 312!8i6656

freebrickproductions wrote:Looks like someone got hit by a train here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5860178 ... 6656?hl=en

(Thanks to jay8g on aaroads.com for finding this!)

Looks like all the emergency equipment was still there once Google got around to the other side.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5861295 ... 6656?hl=en

freebrickproductions wrote:Geez! Next we'll find out that Greece has an NRS or Unipart Rail wig-wag at a crossing there!

Maybe in the near future, best not to think about that yet,

freebrickproductions wrote:Looks like someone got hit by a train here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5860178 ... 6656?hl=en

(Thanks to jay8g on aaroads.com for finding this!)

Holy moly!!! That's just scary to even look at

Classic signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2694728 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2695476 ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting...
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2344852 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2329384 ... 6656?hl=en
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Kind of odd cantilevers.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2329395 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2329334 ... 6656?hl=en

Instead of having mast lights, these signals have traffic signals in their place.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2329395 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2329334 ... 6656?hl=en
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Odd signal.
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A slightly non 90 degree two-piece crossbuck.
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A dirt road crossing with gated signals.

ToledoRailfan wrote: Odd signal.

Another one on the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.556987, ... 6656?hl=en

Transport Products Corp./RACO gate mechs there too!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5569883 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5569846 ... 6656?hl=en

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote: Odd signal.

Another one on the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.556987, ... 6656?hl=en

Yep, I saw that one too.

freebrickproductions wrote: Transport Products Corp./RACO gate mechs there too!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5569883 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5569846 ... 6656?hl=en

Nice! I really don't know how to tell who made a gate mechanism without seeing the part with the logo.

Nice gate mechs! They definitely look like a precursor to today's Safetran/Invensys/Siemens design.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote: Transport Products Corp./RACO gate mechs there too!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5569883 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5569846 ... 6656?hl=en

Nice! I really don't know how to tell who made a gate mechanism without seeing the part with the logo.

More often than not, you can tell by the gate mount and the counterweights.