Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ToledoRailfan wrote:Wow.....

Moral of the story: don't do drugs.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:I came across some CP Workers adding a cantilever on this crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3715012 ... 6656?hl=en

Looks more like the removal of an old cantilever to me. Also, it appears they may be doing an LED upgrade there.

Looks to be a replacement.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3725108 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3725341 ... 6656?hl=en

Weird. Especially since it appears to be an older cantilever as well.

It doesn't look that old.

It doesn't look like any modern design of cantilever that I've seen, other than the later MI/Harmon cantilevers like at this crossing:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Florence/Cox_Creek/

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:I came across some CP Workers adding a cantilever on this crossing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3715012 ... 6656?hl=en

Looks more like the removal of an old cantilever to me. Also, it appears they may be doing an LED upgrade there.

Looks to be a replacement.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3725108 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3725341 ... 6656?hl=en

Weird. Especially since it appears to be an older cantilever as well.

It doesn't look that old.

It doesn't look like any modern design of cantilever that I've seen, other than the later MI/Harmon cantilevers like at this crossing:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Florence/Cox_Creek/

Well I'm not an expert in minor differences of cantilevers over the years.

"What street do you live on?"

"The Street"

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8399056 ... 6656?hl=en

freebrickproductions wrote:"What street do you live on?"

"The Street"

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8399056 ... 6656?hl=en

My turn!

"What street do you live on?"

"Dumb Womans Lane"
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.94248 ... 312!8i6656

I actually feel sorry for any people who live on that road.

Here's some old fire alarm call boxes in New York City. They've been updated to 21st century standards.
https://goo.gl/maps/mpJKq4Lrwky
https://goo.gl/maps/tygubMy6Z8y
https://goo.gl/maps/X2Hk7AN7FQD2
https://goo.gl/maps/gCPz9XxkA6C2
https://goo.gl/maps/hPE97F8kcY92
https://goo.gl/maps/H7s6bBKSh422
https://goo.gl/maps/1DtbdCq4D8L2

Interesting Bus
https://goo.gl/maps/HE4joz7KCxN2

Another older looking Gamewell call box with updated technology.
https://goo.gl/maps/2qAL14HSz6k

Apparently, this is a quiet zone for cars, not trains.
https://goo.gl/maps/j2Jk4bumdjm

If it's on the internet, it's not a secret.
https://goo.gl/maps/Dkn8DQWLrXB2

Old McDonald's Sign
https://goo.gl/maps/n1whRZWh6ez

LARDLOGO wrote: Old McDonald's Sign
https://goo.gl/maps/n1whRZWh6ez

Huntsville had one of those single-arch McDonald's signs from 1963 that featured the pre-Ronald McDonald mascot, Speedee (for their "Speedee Service System") that was entirely original and mostly operational up until 2007 when a car crash damaged it, causing it to have to sadly be removed in 2008. Fortunately, it wound up being preserved at the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as making it onto streetview before it was removed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7087415 ... 328!8i1664

And here's a photo someone got of it almost 11 years ago at night:
The Single Arch by uabalum1, on Flickr

Here are the locations of other old McDonald's signs that survived into the age of the Internet:
http://www.roadarch.com/eateries/mcd2.html

freebrickproductions wrote:

LARDLOGO wrote: Old McDonald's Sign
https://goo.gl/maps/n1whRZWh6ez

Huntsville had one of those single-arch McDonald's signs from 1963 that featured the pre-Ronald McDonald mascot, Speedee (for their "Speedee Service System") that was entirely original and mostly operational up until 2007 when a car crash damaged it, causing it to have to sadly be removed in 2008. Fortunately, it wound up being preserved at the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as making it onto streetview before it was removed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7087415 ... 328!8i1664

And here's a photo someone got of it almost 11 years ago at night:
The Single Arch by uabalum1, on Flickr

Here are the locations of other old McDonald's signs that survived into the age of the Internet:
http://www.roadarch.com/eateries/mcd2.html

I wish there were some in the UK, but i don't think there is.

Nice concrete lamp post with a WRTL/Industria 2600 lamp
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45799 ... 6656?hl=en

Unfortunately it was later replaced with a WRTL Vectra.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45797 ... 6656?hl=en