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Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:16 am
by chris96
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:18 pm
by ZachL
Hmm, I'd say that line right there is out of service.
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:04 am
by McK&H.Aust
Found this crossing in Clifton, New Jersey. At first I thought it didn't have a bell, but it has a teardrop lurking in the shadows. I checked back through this thread and in the signal pictures but couldn't find the crossing, so I apologise if it has been posted already.
Bloomfield Ave, Clifton NJ.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8457291 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8457073 ... 6656?hl=en
Even without the bell it's a nice looking crossing with 8 inch lights, sadly it looks as though the track sees very few trains, if any.
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:55 am
by freebrickproductions
McK&H.Aust wrote:Found this crossing in Clifton, New Jersey. At first I thought it didn't have a bell, but it has a teardrop lurking in the shadows. I checked back through this thread and in the signal pictures but couldn't find the crossing, so I apologise if it has been posted already.
Bloomfield Ave, Clifton NJ.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8457291 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8457073 ... 6656?hl=en
Even without the bell it's a nice looking crossing with 8 inch lights, sadly it looks as though the track sees very few trains, if any.
Yea, according to some railfans who live there (I believe two of which are on this forum), the line doesn't really see any traffic anymore. In fact, it ends once you get into New York, IIRC.
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:51 pm
by cabman701
Found this one in Blue Mound, Illinois along the NS line. The image is 3 years old... I wonder if it is still there?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7012203 ... 6656?hl=en
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:57 pm
by freebrickproductions
Looks like the gong is broken?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7012649 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.701336, ... 6656?hl=en
It could still be there as I've seen Teardrops remain in service with broken rain shields, but that's a broken rain shield, not a broken gong like this one.
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:50 pm
by ToledoRailfan
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:43 pm
by ZachL
Nice find!
That's around the corner from where
this relic used to be.
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:37 pm
by LARDLOGO
Re: Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 12:50 am
by TrickyMario7654
This one in Grand Rapids, Ohio has been posted before. But upon closer inspection, I believe that this is a Union Teardrop bell! Again, I'm not 100% sure. If it happens to be one, someone near the area needs to check the crossing out!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4131895 ... 6656?hl=en