Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

NathanFromEngland wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:

Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:

Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:How do you get a link working with words, every time i do it it is the URL but its all broken.

Reverse Crossbuck.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656

It would be like this:
url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656 Reverse Crossbuck. /url

=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.018 ... Crossbuck.

The =[link] needs to be inside the url bracket.

I tried that, but it didn't work.

Do it like this: Here is a pretty interesting crossing in Quebec City!

NathanFromEngland wrote: Anyway.
Whats this?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.8228 ... 312!8i6656

That is a relay cabinet.

No, not the relay cabinet, the little thing at the top of it.

A weather-head for the power line going into the relay cabinet.

ToledoRailfan wrote: I'm not sure if this signal has some sort of interesting lights or if they've just kind have gotten pushed through the background and visors.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4159409 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4159662 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like they are WABCO 8 inch lights with 160° lenses from Kopp Glass in them.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:These types of crossings are called "Manually Controlled Barrier crossing On Call" or otherwise known as a MCB-OC[/url]

Is that a new type of crossing? A friend of mine from Lincolnshire filmed a crossing that had been upgraded to an MCB-OC, before it was upgraded I think a worker would open the barriers for cars. What is interesting about MCB-OCs is that the signals activate just to warn motorists of the barriers closing and not for an oncoming train.

No, They're not new, they've been hanging around since the 1990's IIRC.
Here are some other On Call crossings.

Appleford
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.63164 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing was upgraded as the original equipment here were getting too old. One of the lights were in very poor condition. The old "PRESS TO CROSS" signs were reused.

Here is one on a narrow road near the A13, this gets used by a farmer.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.55280 ... 312!8i6656

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:Anyway.
Whats this?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.8228 ... 312!8i6656

That is a relay cabinet.

No, not the relay cabinet, the little thing at the top of it.

A weather-head for the power line going into the relay cabinet.

That also answers this question from about 10 pages back:

NathanFromEngland wrote:Whats this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4803155 ... 6656?hl=en

That old signal probably had wires going into the top of it at one point, then was modernized with underground wiring.

cabman701 wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:Anyway.
Whats this?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.8228 ... 312!8i6656

That is a relay cabinet.

No, not the relay cabinet, the little thing at the top of it.

A weather-head for the power line going into the relay cabinet.

That also answers this question from about 10 pages back:

NathanFromEngland wrote:Whats this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4803155 ... 6656?hl=en

That old signal probably had wires going into the top of it at one point, then was modernized with underground wiring.

We actually have a crossing on the site that still has the wires going into the top of one of the signals:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Gadsden/Meighan/

Here is an interesting setup in Matawan, New Jersey!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4199667 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4196175 ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about this from this video.

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is an interesting setup in Matawan, New Jersey!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4199667 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4196175 ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about this from this video.

On the site!
http://www.rxrsignals.com/New_Jersey/Matawan/Atlantic/

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is an interesting setup in Matawan, New Jersey!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4199667 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4196175 ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about this from this video.

On the site!
http://www.rxrsignals.com/New_Jersey/Matawan/Atlantic/

It didn't have the the second gates for pedestrians back then though.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is an interesting setup in Matawan, New Jersey!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4199667 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4196175 ... 6656?hl=en

I found out about this from this video.

On the site!
http://www.rxrsignals.com/New_Jersey/Matawan/Atlantic/

It didn't have the the second gates for pedestrians back then though,

That's true. I think I may have actually posted this crossing (in the current form) a few years ago in this thread though. Certainly a weird one. Wonder if they had problems with people ducking under the gates when they were down?

Classic signals in Sarnia, Ontario.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9293131 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9294565 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9347308 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9347292 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9364087 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9365837 ... 6656?hl=en

WCH e-bell on a CSX spur.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8039732 ... 312!8i6656