Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing in Nashville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
Train has an SD70MAC, an AC44CW, and a Dash-8 for power:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
And then caught in action again a few months later:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.162817, ... 312!8i6656

Next crossing down was also caught in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1637049 ... 312!8i6656
From the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1641203 ... 312!8i6656

Another active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1654905 ... 312!8i6656
And in action in 2013:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1657447 ... 312!8i6656
Lots of good stuff there for a CSX line! :TUP2:
ToledoRailfan wrote:This crossing in the area of the crossings posted above has an interesting extension. Obviously it's because the pole and the building.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1669492 ... 312!8i6656
They're also all on the site (which is why I just posted about the active crossings and not the extension):
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/Nashville/
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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freebrickproductions wrote:
ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing in Nashville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
Train has an SD70MAC, an AC44CW, and a Dash-8 for power:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
And then caught in action again a few months later:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.162817, ... 312!8i6656

Next crossing down was also caught in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1637049 ... 312!8i6656
From the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1641203 ... 312!8i6656

Another active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1654905 ... 312!8i6656
And in action in 2013:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1657447 ... 312!8i6656
Lots of good stuff there for a CSX line! :TUP2:
ToledoRailfan wrote:This crossing in the area of the crossings posted above has an interesting extension. Obviously it's because the pole and the building.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1669492 ... 312!8i6656
They're also all on the site (which is why I just posted about the active crossings and not the extension):
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/Nashville/
My bad.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing in Nashville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
Train has an SD70MAC, an AC44CW, and a Dash-8 for power:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
And then caught in action again a few months later:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.162817, ... 312!8i6656

Next crossing down was also caught in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1637049 ... 312!8i6656
From the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1641203 ... 312!8i6656

Another active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1654905 ... 312!8i6656
And in action in 2013:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1657447 ... 312!8i6656
Lots of good stuff there for a CSX line! :TUP2:
ToledoRailfan wrote:This crossing in the area of the crossings posted above has an interesting extension. Obviously it's because the pole and the building.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1669492 ... 312!8i6656
They're also all on the site (which is why I just posted about the active crossings and not the extension):
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/Nashville/
My bad.
It's no problem. I have yet to film most of these anyways, though I do want to. (Also, I need to organize the Nashville index page better...)
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing in Nashville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
Train has an SD70MAC, an AC44CW, and a Dash-8 for power:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1628176 ... 312!8i6656
And then caught in action again a few months later:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.162817, ... 312!8i6656

Next crossing down was also caught in action:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1637049 ... 312!8i6656
From the other side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1641203 ... 312!8i6656

Another active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1654905 ... 312!8i6656
And in action in 2013:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1657447 ... 312!8i6656
Lots of good stuff there for a CSX line! :TUP2:
ToledoRailfan wrote:This crossing in the area of the crossings posted above has an interesting extension. Obviously it's because the pole and the building.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1669492 ... 312!8i6656
They're also all on the site (which is why I just posted about the active crossings and not the extension):
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/Nashville/
My bad.
(Also, I need to organize the Nashville index page better...)
Yea, it's kinda awkward looking.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Malfunctioning crossing in Tampa, Florida.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@27.96262 ... 312!8i6656
Either the lights are dim, or the signals backup battery has failed.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@27.96234 ... 312!8i6656
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NathanFromEngland wrote:Malfunctioning crossing in Tampa, Florida.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@27.96262 ... 312!8i6656
Either the lights are dim, or the signals backup battery has failed.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@27.96234 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like it was just dim from that angle:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@27.96234 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@27.96235 ... 312!8i6656
They/Them for me, please.

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Interesting....
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5965807 ... 6656?hl=en
(St. Louis, Missouri)
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This is also pretty interesting in it's own right I guess.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5973435 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5973435 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Kind of an interesting crossing I guess...
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2395214 ... 6656?hl=en
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