Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
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- ZachL
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
45-degree crossbucks that appear to be quite aged:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2634338 ... 39Q_0A!2e0
Very old crossbuck
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2606952 ... HZ5Chw!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2634338 ... 39Q_0A!2e0
Very old crossbuck
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2606952 ... HZ5Chw!2e0
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- ToledoRailfan
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Amazing finds! I wonder if they left those crossbucks there on purpose?ZachL wrote:45-degree crossbucks that appear to be quite aged:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2634338 ... 39Q_0A!2e0
Very old crossbuck
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2606952 ... HZ5Chw!2e0
- ToledoRailfan
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Did some more searching around that areaZachL wrote:45-degree crossbucks that appear to be quite aged:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2634338 ... 39Q_0A!2e0
Very old crossbuck
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2606952 ... HZ5Chw!2e0
Check out these old Griswold Signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2593631 ... DCXZMw!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2594166 ... 6M22AA!2e0
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Some more old signals, one of these signals even has a Safetran Type 3 bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2003543 ... JTxp6Q!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2004389 ... 5JN-JQ!2e0
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Two piece cast iron crossbucks
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.192827, ... 2BO_rQ!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.193227, ... 5fpzfQ!2e0
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Strange place for a signal, looks vintage though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2673202 ... yjDqfw!2e0
- freebrickproductions
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Those cantilevers look more like US&S ones based on the lights. US&S and Griswold did make very similar cantilever designs though.
They/Them for me, please.
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That doesn't appear to be a Safetran Type 3 bell, though. It's probably just part of the mast, or some sort of bell we've never seen.ToledoRailfan wrote:Some more old signals, one of these signals even has a Safetran Type 3 bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2003543 ... JTxp6Q!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2004389 ... 5JN-JQ!2e0
That signal might be there because of this: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2673202 ... yjDqfw!2e0ToledoRailfan wrote:Strange place for a signal, looks vintage though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2673202 ... yjDqfw!2e0
If you notice, the utility pole blocks the lights that are attached to the gate mast.
Also go back a little farther: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.267482, ... qyz8Gw!2e0
The building right there clearly blocks the approach towards the tracks.
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- ToledoRailfan
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
This is why this line has old signals and old crossbucks. http://www.mhrailroad.com/
Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Conrail caboose!
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.1615 ... 8&t=m&z=11
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.1615 ... 8&t=m&z=11
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- freebrickproductions
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
Not everyday you see the overhead lights on a cantilever mounted underneath the cantilever arm:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=560+Spri ... ,,3,-11.18
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=560+Spri ... ,,3,-11.18
They/Them for me, please.
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They/Them for me, please.
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- ToledoRailfan
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
To protect the little animals from the crossing!freebrickproductions wrote:Why is this gate here?![]()
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=park+%26 ... 9&t=h&z=21
