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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:37 pm
by freebrickproductions
Looks like it, and that new e-bell is a General Signals e-bell. CSX used them quite a bit years ago (and still do, occasionally, it seems), but now-a-days, they primarily use NEG e-bells.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:28 am
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:37 pm
Looks like it, and that new e-bell is a General Signals e-bell. CSX used them quite a bit years ago (and still do, occasionally, it seems), but now-a-days, they primarily use NEG e-bells.
Yeah I think I heard a GS type 4 on the Plant City railcam awhile back. Not sure which crossing it was, but if I have time I could drive around and have a look.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:14 pm
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:28 am
freebrickproductions wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:37 pm
Looks like it, and that new e-bell is a General Signals e-bell. CSX used them quite a bit years ago (and still do, occasionally, it seems), but now-a-days, they primarily use NEG e-bells.
Yeah I think I heard a GS type 4 on the Plant City railcam awhile back. Not sure which crossing it was, but if I have time I could drive around and have a look.
You mean GS Type 3? Haven't heard of any Type 4s, outside of a few low-pitched Type 3s that someone found on a BNSF crossing somewhere (I think in IL) that Tommy showed me once.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:37 am
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:14 pm
ZachL wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:28 am
freebrickproductions wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:37 pm
Looks like it, and that new e-bell is a General Signals e-bell. CSX used them quite a bit years ago (and still do, occasionally, it seems), but now-a-days, they primarily use NEG e-bells.
Yeah I think I heard a GS type 4 on the Plant City railcam awhile back. Not sure which crossing it was, but if I have time I could drive around and have a look.
You mean GS Type 3? Haven't heard of any Type 4s, outside of a few low-pitched Type 3s that someone found on a BNSF crossing somewhere (I think in IL) that Tommy showed me once.
Yeah, that's what I meant.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:20 am
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:37 am
freebrickproductions wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:14 pm
ZachL wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:28 am
freebrickproductions wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:37 pm
Looks like it, and that new e-bell is a General Signals e-bell. CSX used them quite a bit years ago (and still do, occasionally, it seems), but now-a-days, they primarily use NEG e-bells.
Yeah I think I heard a GS type 4 on the Plant City railcam awhile back. Not sure which crossing it was, but if I have time I could drive around and have a look.
You mean GS Type 3? Haven't heard of any Type 4s, outside of a few low-pitched Type 3s that someone found on a BNSF crossing somewhere (I think in IL) that Tommy showed me once.
Yeah, that's what I meant.
I've seen where CSX installed a GS Type 3 at a crossing in Terre Haute, IN, so I wouldn't be surprised if they're beginning to use them on occasion now.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:50 pm
by MapsSurfer
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:39 pm
by ZachL
ZachL wrote: Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:13 am
So that's where that thing is. Maybe I should go there and wave the next time I am up there.
Quoting an old post because I swear I was not reading it when I did this...but I did actually wave at the camera, as shown in
this thread!
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:08 am
by NathanFromEngland
Probably due to the length of the gates, but then again some railroads like to have tall masts.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:22 am
by ZachL
NathanFromEngland wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:08 am
Probably due to the length of the gates, but then again some railroads like to have tall masts.
There was a period of time where Norfolk Southern loved tall masts.
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:30 am
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:22 am
NathanFromEngland wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:08 am
Probably due to the length of the gates, but then again some railroads like to have tall masts.
There was a period of time where Norfolk Southern loved tall masts.
They still do, at least on occasion, from what I can tell.
