Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:Albany, GA
https://www.google.com/maps?q=3rd+Avenu ... 6,,0,-7.63

It seems that the paint of 12x20 inch lights does better than the paint on 8 inch lights.

Just a thought... but I would assume the 12X20 lights are probably replacement lights and are quite a bit newer than the 8 inch lights.

I know around here cantilever lights where the first ones that started changing over to 12 inch lights back in the 80's... mast lights usually stayed at 8 inches for awhile longer. The same thing happened when LED's came into the RR market... they started replacing cantilever lights with them primarily at first. I assume that was due to the LED's lasting longer and meaning less maintenance required and less danger for the maintainer needing to work out on the cantilever.

cabman701 wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:Albany, GA
https://www.google.com/maps?q=3rd+Avenu ... 6,,0,-7.63

It seems that the paint of 12x20 inch lights does better than the paint on 8 inch lights.

Just a thought... but I would assume the 12X20 lights are probably replacement lights and are quite a bit newer than the 8 inch lights.

I know around here cantilever lights where the first ones that started changing over to 12 inch lights back in the 80's... mast lights usually stayed at 8 inches for awhile longer. The same thing happened when LED's came into the RR market... they started replacing cantilever lights with them primarily at first. I assume that was due to the LED's lasting longer and meaning less maintenance required and less danger for the maintainer needing to work out on the cantilever.

Probably. I know that L&N installed 12 inch lights on the overhead part of a cantilever with 8 inch lights on the masts for a while.

I also found this a little bit farther down the line:
https://www.google.com/maps?q=3rd+Avenu ... ,5.26&z=21
https://www.google.com/maps?q=3rd+Avenu ... -3.22&z=21

Abandoned Railroad Bridge by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Abandoned Railroad Bridge by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Abandoned Railroad Bridge by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Abandoned Railroad Bridge by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Abandoned Railroad Bridge by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Abandoned Railroad Bridge by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Unfortunately, 15th Avenue was repaved so there is nothing left of the abandoned crossing there except for the old ROW.

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ,7.25&z=21
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ,7.19&z=21

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 17.43&z=20

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 10.64&z=20

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.18&z=20

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ,3.06&z=21

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 0,8.6&z=21

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 10.47&z=20

Isolated stretch of track:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 12.87&z=20

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ,15.2&z=20

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=FIRE+DEP ... .75,,0,5.5

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=FIRE+DEP ... 13,,0,2.87

freebrickproductions wrote:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=FIRE+DEP ... .75,,0,5.5

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=FIRE+DEP ... 13,,0,2.87

I hope someone rescues (or has rescued) those mini bells there

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marshall ... 64,,0,2.34

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marshall ... 47,,0,3.86

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marshall ... 2,,0,17.25

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 58,,0,2.16

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 9,,0,-0.41

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 2,,0,-3.22

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 9,,0,-0.47

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 5,,0,11.35
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 5,,1,10.63
Old relay case at the crossing:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... .8,,3,5.83

Different line:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 29,,0,3.51
The crossing had cantilevers from the looks of it:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 09,,2,15.7
Old relay case:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 94,,2,6.11

Petaluma, California
http://goo.gl/maps/CFsD1
http://goo.gl/maps/1RYNV
http://goo.gl/maps/7W32q

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mission+ ... 86,,0,8.54

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mission+ ... 74,,1,4.91

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mission+ ... .4,,1,3.22