Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Crossing caught in action at two different times during the same month:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.44&z=21
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ,4.94&z=21

Active railroad crossing:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=45.62766 ... 81,,0,7.19

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8326816 ... !2e0?hl=en

Looks like Google finally got around to the Blissfield crossing after the signals were replaced. Its sad that those historic signals were removed.

ToledoRailfan wrote:https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8326816 ... !2e0?hl=en

Looks like Google finally got around to the Blissfield crossing after the signals were replaced. Its sad that those historic signals were removed.

8-inch lights?! I thought those were outlawed on new public grade crossing installs/upgrades

Just a curiosity thing...I'm actually quite glad to see that the signal still at least has 8" lights and not 12x20" nor 12x24" lights

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8326816 ... !2e0?hl=en

Looks like Google finally got around to the Blissfield crossing after the signals were replaced. Its sad that those historic signals were removed.

8-inch lights?! I thought those were outlawed on new public grade crossing installs/upgrades

Just a curiosity thing...I'm actually quite glad to see that the signal still at least has 8" lights and not 12x20" nor 12x24" lights

They probably put them in because they re-used the old signals and 8 inch lights are "grandfathered in" for modern set-ups. New equipment can be set-up in the old set-up as far as I can tell if the old set-up was like how the new stuff is.
For example, the MUTCD has outlawed one signal per direction set-ups at intersections for a long time. However, in Albertville, AL, there is an intersection with one traffic light cluster suspended over the intersection. This same intersection used to have a 4-way traffic light at it.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8326816 ... !2e0?hl=en

Looks like Google finally got around to the Blissfield crossing after the signals were replaced. Its sad that those historic signals were removed.

8-inch lights?! I thought those were outlawed on new public grade crossing installs/upgrades

Just a curiosity thing...I'm actually quite glad to see that the signal still at least has 8" lights and not 12x20" nor 12x24" lights

They probably put them in because they re-used the old signals and 8 inch lights are "grandfathered in" for modern set-ups. New equipment can be set-up in the old set-up as far as I can tell if the old set-up was like how the new stuff is.
For example, the MUTCD has outlawed one signal per direction set-ups at intersections for a long time. However, in Albertville, AL, there is an intersection with one traffic light cluster suspended over the intersection. This same intersection used to have a 4-way traffic light at it.

I see they took out the little red lights to help keep the bases from getting hit at night. That's another thing that made those signals unique.

cabman701 wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8326816 ... !2e0?hl=en

Looks like Google finally got around to the Blissfield crossing after the signals were replaced. Its sad that those historic signals were removed.

8-inch lights?! I thought those were outlawed on new public grade crossing installs/upgrades

Just a curiosity thing...I'm actually quite glad to see that the signal still at least has 8" lights and not 12x20" nor 12x24" lights

They probably put them in because they re-used the old signals and 8 inch lights are "grandfathered in" for modern set-ups. New equipment can be set-up in the old set-up as far as I can tell if the old set-up was like how the new stuff is.
For example, the MUTCD has outlawed one signal per direction set-ups at intersections for a long time. However, in Albertville, AL, there is an intersection with one traffic light cluster suspended over the intersection. This same intersection used to have a 4-way traffic light at it.

I see they took out the little red lights to help keep the bases from getting hit at night. That's another thing that made those signals unique.

I hope they kept the signals somewhere and did not have them scrapped.

Wasn't sure if this massive crossing has been posted before, if it has I apologize. This is in West Palm Beach, FL:

https://www.google.com/maps/@26.7061304 ... QhcZNg!2e0

cabman701 wrote:Wasn't sure if this massive crossing has been posted before, if it has I apologize. This is in West Palm Beach, FL:

https://www.google.com/maps/@26.7061304 ... QhcZNg!2e0

I believe that there's a video of that crossing somewhere on YouTube.
Also, here's how it looked before: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=26.7060 ... 7&t=h&z=12
(BTW, I count three mechanical bells on the old crossing.

Oops!
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.5590 ... 9&t=h&z=21