Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

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https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@36.44785 ... 6656?hl=en

NathanFromEngland wrote:?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@36.44785 ... 6656?hl=en

Other side is like that too.
https://goo.gl/maps/xW5epSqW1vS2

File this under weird:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6173643 ... 312!8i6656

An active Google car next to an inactive one (camera has a cover on it). And why is it towing a trailer?

Bus in Mexico with an English stop sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7455224 ... 312!8i6656

Here is another one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7484384 ... 312!8i6656

ToledoRailfan wrote:Bus in Mexico with an English stop sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7455224 ... 312!8i6656

Here is another one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7484384 ... 312!8i6656

Those appear to have been old school busses that were purchased used from school districts in the US. It appears that in the second link, the other bus there originally had a stop sign as well.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Bus in Mexico with an English stop sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7455224 ... 312!8i6656

Here is another one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7484384 ... 312!8i6656

Those appear to have been old school busses that were purchased used from school districts in the US. It appears that in the second link, the other bus there originally had a stop sign as well.

Isn't "ALTO" Spanish for Stop in Mexico?

NathanFromEngland wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Bus in Mexico with an English stop sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7455224 ... 312!8i6656

Here is another one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7484384 ... 312!8i6656

Those appear to have been old school busses that were purchased used from school districts in the US. It appears that in the second link, the other bus there originally had a stop sign as well.

Isn't "ALTO" Spanish for Stop in Mexico?

I think "ALTO" and "PARE" are both Spanish words for stop (just like stop and halt in English), and I think that Mexico for some reason uses "ALTO" on their stop signs while other Spanish speaking countries in the Americas and Puerto Rico use "PARE" on their stop signs.

I'm confused...
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8466166 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8467333 ... 6656?hl=en

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Bus in Mexico with an English stop sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7455224 ... 312!8i6656

Here is another one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7484384 ... 312!8i6656

Those appear to have been old school busses that were purchased used from school districts in the US. It appears that in the second link, the other bus there originally had a stop sign as well.

Yes, when I worked for First Student in Illinois we had a group of Mexican people come up and buy about a dozen used buses that had been taken out of service. Some of the buses were not in the best shape and had been sitting for awhile. They spent most of the morning doing engine, transmission and other mechanical work on them and then drove them all out of our lot... I assume on the way to Mexico.

Must have been one heck of a trip because I know for a fact some of those older buses could barely get above 50 MPH on the highway and when you did drive them that fast they would almost always start to overheat at some point. They came prepared though and had escort vehicles with tools, extra antifreeze, oil and transmission fluid at the ready.

"Pimping" out old school buses is a big thing down there. They use them as public transportation for rural areas. Google "chicken buses" and you will find a whole slew of stuff about them. The call them chicken buses because people transport chickens and other livestock on them going back to their farms.

ToledoRailfan wrote:I'm confused...
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8466166 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8467333 ... 6656?hl=en

It's a special signal for stagecoaches. They open the fence and activate the signals. Kind of like a pedestrian crossing or a signal for fire stations.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8465809 ... 6656?hl=en

It looks like Knott's Berry Farm might have stables for some of their horses out in that field when you look at the satellite view. That crossing is how they get them in and out of the park safely.