Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

NathanFromEngland wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote: Hmmmm...
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.6476278 ... 6656?hl=en

Somehow I didn't notice those extra 2 Tracks signs when I was there in 2015! Looks like CSX has also left the Safetran mechanical bell on the one signal, I wonder if it still works?

You said the Safetran bell was dead in your video.

They might've repaired it since then, though I probably should've said "works again" rather than "still works".

brett nc railfanner wrote:Odd signal in Anaheim, California
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8275615 ... 312!8i6656

Harmon cantilever missing the arm. Been like that for almost 10 years, at least, according to Google:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8275594 ... 328!8i1664

Cool find with the street-running there!

Magnetic Flagman signal!
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8304643 ... 312!8i6656

NathanFromEngland wrote:Magnetic Flagman signal!
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8304643 ... 312!8i6656

Everybody knows about that one.

(also, the more widely-used term is wigwag )

Classic signals in Elyria, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3721946 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3722706 ... 6656?hl=en
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I'm surprised that they haven't moved this signal closer to the tracks. Looks like the second track has been gone for a while.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.356069, ... 6656?hl=en
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Interesting crossing with classic signals (including the traffic signals).
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3784374 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3784338 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3787124 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3784374 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:I'm surprised that they haven't moved this signal closer to the tracks. Looks like the second track has been gone for a while.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.356069, ... 6656?hl=en

It looks as though they started the process and never finished. Still was in the same position in 2015.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.356069, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3563386 ... 6656?hl=en

Whats this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.978162, ... 312!8i6656
And no, not the train car, those weird looking signal things.

This crossing still has its old white CSX D.O.T tags!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9779843 ... 312!8i6656

Traffic stop right next to the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9783942 ... 312!8i6656

Whats this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9725139 ... 312!8i6656

Active crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9726992 ... 312!8i6656

I wonder why there is an intersection here. (Dusk shot!)
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9726592 ... 312!8i6656

Active (Crossbuck) crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9797367 ... 312!8i6656

Whoops!
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9886529 ... 312!8i6656

How did i wind up here???
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9993157 ... 312!8i6656

NathanFromEngland wrote:Whats this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.978162, ... 312!8i6656
And no, not the train car, those weird looking signal things.

They look like fixed approach signals, but it's hard to say for sure.

NathanFromEngland wrote:Whats this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9725139 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like some kind of microwave traffic detector, likely to see if anyone's on the crossing should it activate and then hold the traffic lights facing away from the crossing green so that the person can get off of the crossing.

Also, I wonder if NC recently required all mainline crossings to be quad-gates, as they've put up a ton there lately. And I don't know if they're for quiet-zones or not.

NathanFromEngland wrote:=How did i wind up here???
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9993157 ... 312!8i6656

11foot8! I'd never think to see that trestle on here

Kind of an interesting crossing in Homestead, Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.4842762 ... 6656?hl=en

Interesting...
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7807073 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7805801 ... 6656?hl=en

Covington, Virginia