Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ToledoRailfan wrote:EVA crossbucks

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.303097, ... !2e0?hl=en

There's a video of that crossing in action on YouTube, I'll have to go find it.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:EVA crossbucks

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.303097, ... !2e0?hl=en

There's a video of that crossing in action on YouTube, I'll have to go find it.

Here's two of them I could find:

ZachL wrote:Semaphore in Ocala, FL
http://goo.gl/maps/8IVjk

I went through Ocala again today and this fixed approach semaphore has been replaced with a yellow light

ZachL wrote:

ZachL wrote:Semaphore in Ocala, FL
http://goo.gl/maps/8IVjk

I went through Ocala again today and this fixed approach semaphore has been replaced with a yellow light

Did you take a look at this crossing with the unique bell mounts on it that's just further down the line?
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,2.96&z=21

This one also has them mounted the same way:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,7.08&z=21
What railroad owns this line? Doesn't look like CSX (WCH parts and mechanical bells mounted on the sides of the mast make me think that it isn't CSX).

And the bells are mounted the same way with this crossing:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,5.43&z=21
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,0.91&z=21

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:

ZachL wrote:Semaphore in Ocala, FL
http://goo.gl/maps/8IVjk

I went through Ocala again today and this fixed approach semaphore has been replaced with a yellow light

Did you take a look at this crossing with the unique bell mounts on it that's just further down the line?
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,2.96&z=21

This one also has them mounted the same way:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,7.08&z=21
What railroad owns this line? Doesn't look like CSX (WCH parts and mechanical bells mounted on the sides of the mast make me think that it isn't CSX).

And the bells are mounted the same way with this crossing:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,5.43&z=21
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=2 ... ,0.91&z=21

I didn't follow the line today, but just rather crossed over it near that former semaphore location and saw the new signal. Also, those signals with the unique bell mounts have to be new. Last time I went by that crossing in 2012, the bells were mounted up top and the lights were incandescent. It had that same exact setup, with just older equipment. Why on earth would they upgrade a gateless crossing with a new gateless crossing from scratch?

Also, the railroad is definitely not CSX. CSX does go through Ocala, but this rail line is on the Florida Northern Railroad. The tracks aren't in the best condition, but they upgrade the equipment anyways

Google recently released an update for the new Google maps that includes the ability to look at old street view images. I did some browsing around Huntsville with that and I found out that Google caught Church Street #1 in action in October of 2007. The crossing had a Safetran mechanical bell at this time (along with Quietdale Drive).

High-rail truck passing through Sullivan Street in Madison, AL in September of 2013.

NS engines going through James Record Road in Huntsville, AL in the July of 2013.

Tracks Out of Service sign on the Advanced Warning sign?

http://goo.gl/maps/NCjAk

Atlanta, GA:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.69046 ... 8.2,,0,6.2