Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ToledoRailfan wrote:Pedestrian gate being worked on in Syosset, New York.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8238811 ... 6656?hl=en

Hmm, wonder how the lights didn't trigger with the gate being lowered.

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Pedestrian gate being worked on in Syosset, New York.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8238811 ... 6656?hl=en

Hmm, wonder how the lights didn't trigger with the gate being lowered.

If I had to guess they severed that gate from the electric system after turning the whole crossing system off and then lowering the gate manually or something like that. They could have also activated the crossing and then severed it from the system at the time of day when the line isn't that busy.

12" lights in Bambaroo, Queensland.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-18.845242 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-18.845248 ... 1664?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:12" lights in Bambaroo, Queensland.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-18.845242 ... 1664?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@-18.845248 ... 1664?hl=en

Depends if they're still there, that image was taken nearly a decade ago.

"Begin Test Mile?"
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5055801 ... 312!8i6656
Crossbuck that has probably been sitting here for decades.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4572568 ... 312!8i6656
This bell looks to have been installed incorrectly.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4656529 ... 312!8i6656
Odd-looking cantilever.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4656529 ... 312!8i6656
Tiny signals, US&S relay case too!
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4679716 ... 312!8i6656
Not sure why, NS thinks its good enough to dump its section of grade here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4095491 ... 312!8i6656

NathanFromEngland wrote: Crossbuck that has probably been sitting here for decades.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4572568 ... 312!8i6656

I'd probably say around ten years, looks to be in too good of shape to have been there for 20+ years. The crossing was probably passive but that crossbuck for whatever reason wasn't removed when the crossing was upgraded.

NathanFromEngland wrote: Tiny signals, US&S relay case too!
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4679716 ... 312!8i6656

Reminds me of these signals in Fremont, Ohio. For some reason I remember being kinda fixated with those as a child.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3507082 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3511421 ... 6656?hl=en

3000th post!

Passive crossing with just one crossbuck post with two crossbucks on each side in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.619577, ... 6656?hl=en
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Railroad Crossing on an Expressway entrance ramp.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6058835 ... 1664?hl=en
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Interesting setup. It even has a modern "NO RIGHT(/LEFT) TURN" signal!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6021952 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6023022 ... 6656?hl=en

NathanFromEngland wrote:This bell looks to have been installed incorrectly.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4656529 ... 312!8i6656

Well, how else would you install it?

ToledoRailfan wrote:Interesting setup. It even has a modern "NO RIGHT(/LEFT) TURN" signal!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6021952 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6023022 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow, that is a lot of lights!

Guess they couldn't find an 8" LED for the no left turn single-headed light, either.

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Interesting setup. It even has a modern "NO RIGHT(/LEFT) TURN" signal!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6021952 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6023022 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow, that is a lot of lights!

Probably lights up the whole area at the night. I wonder how cheap it is to live there.

Active crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.595745, ... 312!8i6656
What lights are these?
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5957712 ... 312!8i6656
This old ACL bridge could do with some TLC.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5765605 ... 312!8i6656
WABCO bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5659754 ... 312!8i6656
Huh?
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5613082 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5613082 ... 312!8i6656
Something fishy is going on here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.560874, ... 312!8i6656