Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ZachL wrote:I would drive over there to see what that crossing looks like now, but that's not a really safe area of town at all

No one says that your have to stop, but you can if you want.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:I would drive over there to see what that crossing looks like now, but that's not a really safe area of town at all

No one says that your have to stop, but you can if you want.

I know, but it's just got me curious now

I ran across this odd install helping my wife get to a job interview today... I'm wondering if it was temporary due to the construction?

https://www.google.com/maps?ll=27.89454 ... 16,,0,0.09

cabman701 wrote:I ran across this odd install helping my wife get to a job interview today... I'm wondering if it was temporary due to the construction?

https://www.google.com/maps?ll=27.89454 ... 16,,0,0.09

What's with this one pair of 8 inch lights here?

Active crossing with a ton of signals:
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.7601 ... 3&t=h&z=11

Decatur, AL:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 13,,0,2.34

Active crossing in Stevenson, AL. The Google Maps car goes right through this crossing despite a loaded coal train coming!
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 81,,0,2.69

Also, not too far away is this interesting lash-up leading an empty coal train waiting for the loaded coal train to pass:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 62,,0,3.27

freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing in Stevenson, AL. The Google Maps car goes right through this crossing despite a loaded coal train coming!
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 81,,0,2.69

I think the train stopped. Look at this frame: http://goo.gl/maps/DNTiA

The engine headlight is down to low and the ditch lights are off. In the frame before this one, the engine is quite a ways back and all lit up. Looks the the Google car did wait at first.

cabman701 wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:Active crossing in Stevenson, AL. The Google Maps car goes right through this crossing despite a loaded coal train coming!
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 81,,0,2.69

I think the train stopped. Look at this frame: http://goo.gl/maps/DNTiA

The engine headlight is down to low and the ditch lights are off. In the frame before this one, the engine is quite a ways back and all lit up. Looks the the Google car did wait at first.

There must've been a CSX train coming around the corner where we couldn't see it then for both of the coal trains to have been stopped.

Active crossing:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=valley+r ... 94,,1,0.44