Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Wooden milepost! (This crossing is right next to the NECR)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3021004 ... 6656?hl=en
I've never seen a red grade before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3105528 ... 6656?hl=en
WRRS installation! (With a weird signal!)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3363305 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3364003 ... 6656?hl=en
US&S lights?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3480483 ... 6656?hl=en
7 inch gate lights, and more US&S charm.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3517008 ... 6656?hl=en
Sadly, this crossing has had some changes done to it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3517082 ... 6656?hl=en
I've never seen traffic signal pretty low to the crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3644546 ... 6656?hl=en
GRS installation!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3735514 ... 6656?hl=en
Former signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3946963 ... 6656?hl=en
I've never seen this crossbuck!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4065915 ... 6656?hl=en
Some more ex signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.429281, ... 6656?hl=en
Unusual installation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4507175 ... 6656?hl=en
45 degree crossbucks!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4995506 ... 6656?hl=en
Damaged signal.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5590549 ... 6656?hl=en

45 degree crossbucks!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4995506 ... 6656?hl=en

got a forum for that

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4417

NathanFromEngland wrote: US&S lights?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3480483 ... 6656?hl=en
7 inch gate lights, and more US&S charm.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3517008 ... 6656?hl=en

Older Safetran 12 inch lights at both crossings.

NathanFromEngland wrote:Wooden milepost! (This crossing is right next to the NECR)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3021004 ... 6656?hl=en

Looks concrete to me.

NathanFromEngland wrote:

dan the ca railfan wrote:unsure if this bell is a US&S mechanical bell because it is rusty.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0872959 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like one, but i keep wanting to say it appears to look like a WRRS bell but i guess both have similarities.

WRRS. Note how the latch isn't embedded in the bell body like it is on the US&S bell.

dan the ca railfan wrote:interesting setup

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.973866, ... 312!8i6656

this one is just bizzare!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9763573 ... 312!8i6656

Second is a bridge cantilever, and both are on the site.
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Iowa/Cedar_Rapids/0/8/
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Iowa/Cedar_Rapids/0/5SE/

dan the ca railfan wrote:possible raco cantilever

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1712962 ... 312!8i6656

street view of the whole crossing with the possible raco cantilever.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1715298 ... 312!8i6656

Both cantilevers are US&S. RACO cantilevers look noticeably different.

dan the ca railfan wrote:possible raco cantilever

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1712962 ... 312!8i6656

street view of the whole crossing with the possible raco cantilever.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1715298 ... 312!8i6656

Both cantilevers are US&S. RACO cantilevers look noticeably different.[/quote]

did raco produce cantilevers like that because i could have sworn there is a crossing in the centrral valley that has them!

i will check!

road separated crossing that still has the one of the cross bucks and the grade. it all wooden too!

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3164015 ... authuser=0

dan the ca railfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

dan the ca railfan wrote:possible raco cantilever

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1712962 ... 312!8i6656

street view of the whole crossing with the possible raco cantilever.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1715298 ... 312!8i6656

Both cantilevers are US&S. RACO cantilevers look noticeably different.

did raco produce cantilevers like that because i could have sworn there is a crossing in the centrral valley that has them!

i will check!

Griswold did, and RACO (and even Safetran a bit as well, it appears, IIRC) used the same splice boxes on the masts of their cantilevers as Griswold, for the most part. However, RACO didn't produce any cantilevers of that style, as by the time RACO came around, everyone had already moved onto other styles of cantilever.

what in the hell is this freakin dudes function!

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.044035, ... 312!8i6656

dan the ca railfan wrote:what in the hell is this freakin dudes function!

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.044035, ... 312!8i6656

To let the train crews know it's safe to proceed.

freebrickproductions wrote:

dan the ca railfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

dan the ca railfan wrote:possible raco cantilever

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1712962 ... 312!8i6656

street view of the whole crossing with the possible raco cantilever.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1715298 ... 312!8i6656

Both cantilevers are US&S. RACO cantilevers look noticeably different.

did raco produce cantilevers like that because i could have sworn there is a crossing in the centrral valley that has them!

i will check!

Griswold did, and RACO (and even Safetran a bit as well, it appears, IIRC) used the same splice boxes on the masts of their cantilevers as Griswold, for the most part. However, RACO didn't produce any cantilevers of that style, as by the time RACO came around, everyone had already moved onto other styles of cantilever.

Cantelievers have either been repainted or replaced. Along with the sidewalks and a new road surface.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1708976 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Why are there four rails here?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.549845, ... 312!8i6656
A very old Union Paciifc boxcar!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3115738 ... 312!8i6656
Active crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.655785, ... bfov%3D100
EM Mechs (The lights feel oversized though)
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7972075 ... 328!8i1664