Tracks out of service

YouTube · Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:55 pm

An out of service crossing in the UK:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4387873 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4398467 ... 312!8i6656

Here's another, this time with just crossbucks (tracks have since been torn out):
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4119356 ... 312!8i6656

Post by **ToledoRailfan** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:57 pm

YouTube · Sun Aug 07, 2016 8:13 pm

Wow! Pretty cool how they left these signals when they built this trail! Hey cabman, do you think you could get out here? I think these may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0118112 ... 56!6m1!1e1

Post by **ToledoRailfan** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 8:37 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:Wow! Pretty cool how they left these signals when they built this trail! Hey cabman, do you think you could get out here? I think these may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0118112 ... 56!6m1!1e1

I remember seeing those here before. They are defiantly very cool! Looks like the crossbucks are similar to those stop signs (like this one and this one ) that you see in hotel, resort, park, mall, car parks and roads. I thought there were other crossing signals that were left but I could not find them.

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 9:10 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:Wow! Pretty cool how they left these signals when they built this trail! Hey cabman, do you think you could get out here? I think these may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0118112 ... 56!6m1!1e1

That's so close, yet so far away for my little car to drive to and from on a day trip. Wish my car had a larger gas tank for this reason.

YouTube · Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:15 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Wow! Pretty cool how they left these signals when they built this trail! Hey cabman, do you think you could get out here? I think these may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0118112 ... 56!6m1!1e1
I remember seeing those here before. They are defiantly very cool! Looks like the crossbucks are similar to those stop signs (like this one and this one ) that you see in hotel, resort, park, mall, car parks and roads. I thought there were other crossing signals that were left but I could not find them.

Here's one where they were converted to HAWK beacons:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7628848 ... 312!8i6656
Also, just down the trail is a switch that was left behind. Pretty cool stuff!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7626917 ... 312!8i6656

Here's another pair:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7626068 ... 312!8i6656

Some more rail that was left:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7702708 ... 312!8i6656

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 12:24 am

freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Wow! Pretty cool how they left these signals when they built this trail! Hey cabman, do you think you could get out here? I think these may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0118112 ... 56!6m1!1e1
I remember seeing those here before. They are defiantly very cool! Looks like the crossbucks are similar to those stop signs (like this one and this one ) that you see in hotel, resort, park, mall, car parks and roads. I thought there were other crossing signals that were left but I could not find them.
Here's one where they were converted to HAWK beacons:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7628848 ... 312!8i6656
Also, just down the trail is a switch that was left behind. Pretty cool stuff!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7626917 ... 312!8i6656

Here's another pair:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7626068 ... 312!8i6656

Some more rail that was left:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7702708 ... 312!8i6656

YouTube · Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:05 am

ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:Wow! Pretty cool how they left these signals when they built this trail! Hey cabman, do you think you could get out here? I think these may have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0118112 ... 56!6m1!1e1
I remember seeing those here before. They are defiantly very cool! Looks like the crossbucks are similar to those stop signs (like this one and this one ) that you see in hotel, resort, park, mall, car parks and roads. I thought there were other crossing signals that were left but I could not find them.
Here's one where they were converted to HAWK beacons:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7628848 ... 312!8i6656
Also, just down the trail is a switch that was left behind. Pretty cool stuff!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7626917 ... 312!8i6656

Here's another pair:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7626068 ... 312!8i6656

Some more rail that was left:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7702708 ... 312!8i6656
There were a lot of ancient crossings on that line, before it was torn down.

Griswold/RACO/Safetran(?) cantilever
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7702748 ... 312!8i6656

Classic US&S cantilevers
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7703336 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7703336 ... 312!8i6656

Old advance warning sign?
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7703336 ... 312!8i6656

"Look Out for the Cars" sign. These were only installed at unprotected crossings in Florida many decades ago.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7706045 ... 312!8i6656

More classic US&S cantilevers. These appeared to have had WABCO 12x24 lights installed on them
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.771108, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7711101 ... 312!8i6656

Classic US&S signals w/ cat-eyed crossbucks
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7734027 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7734027 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.773863, ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7738641 ... 312!8i6656

And then you also have these signals with a total of three WABCO bells:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7749843 ... 312!8i6656

And then you had these just north of there:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7774879 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like there's a few nice signals on the still-used portion though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7811926 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.791709, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7992445 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.813774, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8392665 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8417844 ... 312!8i6656

And a few remnants of how major the line was in the past can still be found:
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8065087 ... a=!3m1!1e3

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:47 pm

Sorry guys... I haven't been on the forum for a few weeks, have had a really busy couple of weeks at work.

Brick, I do want to get some photo's of those display cantilevers in Dunedin, but that is quite a drive for me as well. Hopefully one day...

And one of these days I would love to get some shots of the remaining signals in action, but trains only make it down this way very infrequently, and most of the time it is at night.

YouTube · Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:36 pm

cabman701 wrote:Sorry guys... I haven't been on the forum for a few weeks, have had a really busy couple of weeks at work.

Brick, I do want to get some photo's of those display cantilevers in Dunedin, but that is quite a drive for me as well. Hopefully one day...

And one of these days I would love to get some shots of the remaining signals in action, but trains only make it down this way very infrequently, and most of the time it is at night.

It's alright. I know that feeling as well, especially back when the Tennessee Southern ran down to Florence at 9:00 in the evening.

Though here's an abandoned section of a branch line up in Gallatin, TN I plan on checking out tomorrow:
The beginning of the abandoned portion is where the tracks were cut just beyond the switch for a business along the side of the tracks:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3755262 ... 6656?hl=en

The first crossing on the abandoned portion of the branch:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.374867, ... 6656?hl=en
It still gets use, obviously, but the closer track is out of service.

The next crossing features a pair of gateless 12x24 inch signals with 5 inch masts and a mechanical bell:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3732148 ... 6656?hl=en

A small dirt crossing a little bit further down:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3719765 ... 6656?hl=en

Another dirt crossing, this time really overgrown:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3710245 ... 6656?hl=en

Some more signals show up, but these classic 8 inchers have taken quite a beating over the years, and satellite view shows that the leaning signal is gone now:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3597431 ... 6656?hl=en
They were in better shape back in 2008:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3597465 ... 1664?hl=en

Another crossing, this time with only half of an 8 inch signal remaining:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3420136 ... 6656?hl=en
The base for the other is still there though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3420996 ... 6656?hl=en
Going back to 2009 shows both signals when they were still there and whole, though they were extremely beat-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3420025 ... 6656?hl=en
And 2007 shows them when they were in pretty decent shape though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3419987 ... 1664?hl=en

Another private crossing with half of an old, wooden 45° crossbuck remaining! The other crossbuck post still stands as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3376104 ... 6656?hl=en

The line ends at the TVA Gallatin Fossil Plant a little bit farther to the south.

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