Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

what the?

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dan the ca railfan wrote:what the?

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...It's just a canteliever that is rotated slightly and its lights adjusted to face the road.

check out these old semaphores

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0817825 ... 312!8i6656

the first time google street view went pass the semaphores wasin 2009 when they caught one of them in action!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0817855 ... 312!8i6656

and here's another one!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0849847 ... 312!8i6656

um okay so railroad crossing now have to have danger signs on them?

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1484135 ... 312!8i6656

NathanFromEngland wrote:

dan the ca railfan wrote:what the?

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.199143, ... authuser=0

...It's just a canteliever that is rotated slightly and its lights adjusted to face the road.

The other side does have some rather closely spaced lights on the overhead though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1988523 ... authuser=0

dan the ca railfan wrote:um okay so railroad crossing now have to have danger signs on them?

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1484135 ... 312!8i6656

That's an old spec that the PRR liked to do on their signals. Not many of those left in service these days, nice find!

dan the ca railfan wrote:cool shot of a railroad swing bridge in action!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1822299 ... authuser=0

dan the ca railfan wrote:check out these old semaphores

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0817825 ... 312!8i6656

the first time google street view went pass the semaphores wasin 2009 when they caught one of them in action!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0817855 ... 312!8i6656

and here's another one!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0849847 ... 312!8i6656

I wouldn't describe those as "in action". More like "in use" or "operating". Also, in the case of the semaphore signals, they're always in use/operating, though Google caught them showing a different indication once.

freebrickproductions wrote:

NathanFromEngland wrote:

dan the ca railfan wrote:what the?

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.199143, ... authuser=0

...It's just a canteliever that is rotated slightly and its lights adjusted to face the road.

The other side does have some rather closely spaced lights on the overhead though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1988523 ... authuser=0

dan the ca railfan wrote:um okay so railroad crossing now have to have danger signs on them?

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1484135 ... 312!8i6656

That's an old spec that the PRR liked to do on their signals. Not many of those left in service these days, nice find!

dan the ca railfan wrote:cool shot of a railroad swing bridge in action!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1822299 ... authuser=0

dan the ca railfan wrote:check out these old semaphores

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0817825 ... 312!8i6656

the first time google street view went pass the semaphores wasin 2009 when they caught one of them in action!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0817855 ... 312!8i6656

and here's another one!

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.0849847 ... 312!8i6656

I wouldn't describe those as "in action". More like "in use" or "operating". Also, in the case of the semaphore signals, they're always in use/operating, though Google caught them showing a different indication once.

still there aren't a lot of operating semaphores left on railroads though!

Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2446312 ... authuser=0
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.245031, ... authuser=0
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.245031, ... authuser=0
The train, which had an ES44ACH leading three ET44AHs:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2443797 ... authuser=0

An extremely faded GS E-Bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4683913 ... 312!8i6656

Ethan the Railfanner wrote:An extremely faded GS E-Bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4683913 ... 312!8i6656

That's far from the worst I've seen, especially for GS Type 1s (which that likely is).

what is this dudes function and hy is there green emergency contact info?

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