Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

This paramedic seems to be exited to get on SV
https://goo.gl/maps/yqtq7inLV8z

LARDLOGO wrote:This paramedic seems to be exited to get on SV
https://goo.gl/maps/yqtq7inLV8z

I didn't get that at first, but i found out its excited not exited.

I wonder why Siemens did this?

Happier times:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45683 ... 6656?hl=en

August 2015:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45684 ... 6656?hl=en

November 2015:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45693 ... 6656?hl=en

August 2016:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45684 ... 6656?hl=en

NathanFromEngland wrote:I wonder why Siemens did this?

Happier times:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45683 ... 6656?hl=en

August 2015:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45684 ... 6656?hl=en

November 2015:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45693 ... 6656?hl=en

August 2016:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.45684 ... 6656?hl=en

Why would Siemens do that? Wouldn't it be the municipality and not the manufacturer who does that?

GSV glitch
https://goo.gl/maps/s1Mka9c7J7J2

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here is an interesting stretch of track that I didn't know existed until now. kind of reminds me of the Southern Michigan Railroad in Tecumseh.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8171214 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8173859 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8186571 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8188436 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8188436 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8196302 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8211984 ... 6656?hl=en

It's interesting that some of the driveways have nothing, then others have stop signs and then some the addition of private drive signs. Of course, if I owned one of those houses I would want cantilevers and quad gates.

I stumbled across this by complete accident, this is only down the road from my house!

This junction i was looking at i came across something surprising, i found these tops on the traffic lights which are called Policeman hats because of their shape! This indicates that back in the day, there used to be Electro-Matic signals here!

Unfortunately, in 2009 the signals that had the policemans hat were removed, and replaced with 2nd generation Microsenses,

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.44932 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.44914 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.44943 ... 312!8i6656

Heres another fun fact, Liverpool was the last area to have the last surviving pair of tin lantern signals, they were removed in 2001 and replaced with Microsenses, isn't that interesting?

NathanFromEngland wrote: Heres another fun fact, Liverpool was the last area to have the last surviving pair of tin lantern signals, they were removed in 2001 and replaced with Microsenses, isn't that interesting?

A surprising number of those Plessey Tin Lantern signals have managed to make their way over here to the US in private collections.

Remains of a Plessy Mellor, The signals were replaced with a puffin crossing in July 2016. I'm positivo that the signal along with the control box has been removed. IIRC.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.42308 ... 312!8i6656

Well... This is... Odd.

It seems the forums been dead today, I'm the only one that appears to have posted today. What is this, Only Person To Forum Today is Nathan Day?