Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Nice. I liked the fog effect on 6th Ave. in Hanford.

Yeah it looks mighty spooky!

The gate on that last crossing is only about 3/4 of the way up. Look at it from this perspective:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 15&iwloc=A

It's just waiting to get smacked by a big truck or something!

Edit: For some reason, StreetView is not pointing things in the right direction when you copy a link. You'll need to do a 180 spin to see what I am talking about.

I was by that crossing yesterday. The gate now goes all the way up. Looks like the Google car has made a few passes through Hanford because I noticed some clearer images showing up in town. With the spooky fog, I would be surprised if that was taken in the middle of the afternoon. That stuff sometimes never burns off.

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:

cabman701 wrote:Locations Of ACTIVE US&S TEARDROPS

ANOTHER TEARDROP IN CAL.

What is the point of that gate going down towards the track? I guess to keep cars from turning right?[/quote]

I HAVENT A CLUE
but i do know one thing the state of ca and this railraod need to have a talk about safety
and the signal men for this xing need to be fired [/quote]



Yeah this is a damn shame. no flashers on nothing just one lone gate facing the wrong way in the middle of the grass. I guess the folks coming the opposite way have to guess when a train is coming!

alrite found a couple hiding in fresburg Ca

Willow Ave
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno&oe ... 46,,0,0.43

2 on muscat ave

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno&oe ... 9,,0,-0.27

bigphilliestyle2000 wrote:

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:

cabman701 wrote:Locations Of ACTIVE US&S TEARDROPS

ANOTHER TEARDROP IN CAL.

What is the point of that gate going down towards the track? I guess to keep cars from turning right?

I HAVENT A CLUE
but i do know one thing the state of ca and this railraod need to have a talk about safety
and the signal men for this xing need to be fired



Yeah this is a damn shame. no flashers on nothing just one lone gate facing the wrong way in the middle of the grass. I guess the folks coming the opposite way have to guess when a train is coming!

I would have to assume the traffic lights are programed to go 4 way red when a train is coming. I'll have to watch the video again when I get home and see and see if that is true (I'm at work now and YouTube is blocked here).

bigphilliestyle2000 wrote:alrite found a couple hiding in fresburg Ca

Willow Ave
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno&oe ... 46,,0,0.43

2 on muscat ave

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno&oe ... 9,,0,-0.27

Found 2 more in that same area... one just up the road on Willow Ave with quite a bit of graffiti on the signal:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 70989&z=15

And this one a few blocks east with older style gate mech's:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 8,,0,-0.46

cabman701 wrote:I would have to assume the traffic lights are programed to go 4 way red when a train is coming. I'll have to watch the video again when I get home and see and see if that is true (I'm at work now and YouTube is blocked here).

Well I was going to watch the video... but it says it has been removed.

cabman701 wrote:

bigphilliestyle2000 wrote:alrite found a couple hiding in fresburg Ca

Willow Ave
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno&oe ... 46,,0,0.43

2 on muscat ave

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno&oe ... 9,,0,-0.27

Found 2 more in that same area... one just up the road on Willow Ave with quite a bit of graffiti on the signal:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 70989&z=15

And this one a few blocks east with older style gate mech's:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 8,,0,-0.46

most of that line that you linked has teardrops on the signals just about all the way to Sanger! Good catch!