Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing at one of those:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.63769 ... 312!8i6656

I posted one of those links a month ago in this thread.

Here is a pretty interesting crossing in Quebec City!

I came across that crossing while watching this video. The crossing is on 0:37.


Back in August, Google caught one of the gates getting worked on.

Here is an active view of the crossing.

Here is an older active view of the crossing. The gates use to have lantern gate lights!
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Here is a pretty cool pedestrian crossing.
Here it is when it had 8'' lights.

Crossing activating for a train:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7339525 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7340099 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7342296 ... 312!8i6656

Active crossings on the MARC system:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2079533 ... 312!8i6656

Some rather odd looking lights here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2053063 ... 312!8i6656
Don't know why they look that way since they appear to be standard Safetran 12x24 inch and US&S 12x20 inch lights...

freebrickproductions wrote: Some rather odd looking lights here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2053063 ... 312!8i6656
Don't know why they look that way since they appear to be standard Safetran 12x24 inch and US&S 12x20 inch lights...

That is kind of odd. The light bulbs look like they're reflecting off of the mirrors in an usual way.

freebrickproductions wrote: Active crossings on the MARC system:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2079533 ... 312!8i6656

That is a light rail line. MARC is a commuter railroad.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote: Some rather odd looking lights here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2053063 ... 312!8i6656
Don't know why they look that way since they appear to be standard Safetran 12x24 inch and US&S 12x20 inch lights...

That is kind of odd. The light bulbs look like they're reflecting off of the mirrors in an usual way.

Those almost look like WABCO reflectors, like this:

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9626165 ... 312!8i6656

This crossing has odd traffic signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.047017, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0473016 ... 6656?hl=en

On Google Earth, you can see a train on the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0470475 ... !1e3?hl=en

Active crossing in Nacogdoches, Texas.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.600003, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.6005324 ... 6656?hl=en
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This crossing in Omaha, Texas use to have triangular gate arms.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1803686 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1806784 ... 1664?hl=en
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Classic cantilever signal in Mt Pleasant, Texas.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.156675, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1566661 ... 6656?hl=en

The other signal has a pair of sidelights. Maybe there was an entrance to the parking lot that was closer to the crossing. Or may be it is kind of an early warning for anyone who is going to turn left when leaving the parking lot.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.156675, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1566796 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is a pretty interesting crossing in Quebec City!

Back in August, Google caught one of the gates getting worked on.

Here is an active view of the crossing.

Here is an older active view of the crossing. The gates use to have lantern gate lights!
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Here is a pretty cool pedestrian crossing.
Here it is when it had 8'' lights.

It looks like one of those old-time crossing gates where a operator has to manually crank the crossing arm up and down for an oncoming train. Outside of India, Southeast Asian, and most African countries (which all crossings are manually operated), it's extremely rare to see these manually operated crossings still in operation.

I find it strange on how this crossing has traffic signal protection for the tramway and a quad gate setup for the mainline.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bas ... 4d-1.17857

A pair of Griswold Signals still stand sentry over the UP mainline in Oregon

Odd mounting on the BNSF's Oregon Trunk Sub


I have in incredibly bizarre picture of something else as well, although it's not a crossing but rather a bizarre bridge. If you guys want I could post the picture I took of that bridge here. I promise it's well worth it