Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

dan the ca railfan wrote:weird to see two cross bucks with do not stop on tracks sign!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9346393 ... 6656?hl=en

what do you mean?

check out this active crossing with two southern pacific boxcars in the shot!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8993766 ... authuser=0

also check out this new teardrop bell i found yesterday that i put in the forum of us&s teardrop bells that was in purdy missouri!

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8161144 ... 312!8i6656

dan the ca railfan wrote:check out this active crossing with two southern pacific boxcars in the shot!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8993766 ... authuser=0

also check out this new teardrop bell i found yesterday that i put in the forum of us&s teardrop bells that was in purdy missouri!

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8161144 ... 312!8i6656

Southern Pacific rolling stock is still generally common today, however locomotives in their paint is getting rarer as time goes by.

NathanFromEngland wrote:

dan the ca railfan wrote:check out this active crossing with two southern pacific boxcars in the shot!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8993766 ... authuser=0

also check out this new teardrop bell i found yesterday that i put in the forum of us&s teardrop bells that was in purdy missouri!

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8161144 ... 312!8i6656

Southern Pacific rolling stock is still generally common today, however locomotives in their paint is getting rarer as time goes by.

And those are covered hoppers...

dan the ca railfan wrote:new teardrop bell

yeah, those are anything but new; and haven't been since the 1960s or so

Why have a crossing with signals when the spur deadends a mile away?
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2083628 ... 312!8i6656
WCH E-Bell
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2104991 ... 312!8i6656
Pretty warm welcome though
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3151782 ... 312!8i6656
Odd... (AFAIK i think this is a former ACL line)
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.5002885 ... 312!8i6656
Active crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.5420001 ... 328!8i1664

i have found two railroad bridges from southern pacific that still say southern pacific one bridge is in redbluff,ca and the other bridge is in kalamath falls 'or and is from 1909!

view of one of the sides of the bridge in oregon

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2311175 ... 312!8i6656

view of the other side of the bridge!

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2313887 ... 312!8i6656

close of the manufactures plate which shows the bridge in oregon really is from 1909

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2311175 ... 312!8i6656

view of one the sides of the bridge in red bluff ,ca

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1635461 ... 312!8i6656

view of the other side of the bridge

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1630634 ... 312!8i6656

and just down the line we find a crossing that has a safetran mechanical bell that is mounted on a WCH mechanical bell base!

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1384545 ... 312!8i6656

dan the ca railfan wrote:
and just down the line we find a crossing that has a safetran mechanical bell that is mounted on a WCH mechanical bell base!

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1384545 ... 312!8i6656

That actually appears to be a RACO/Griswold mechanical bell on a 4 inch to 5 inch adapter! Nice find!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1385006 ... 312!8i6656

world ugliest crossing set up ever in chicago il on il-43

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7835666 ... 312!8i6656

dan the ca railfan wrote:world ugliest crossing set up ever in chicago il on il-43

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7835666 ... 312!8i6656

I don't know about ugly, but it's definitely interesting