Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Well, :Censored:
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N Henry St, Morristown, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.212438, ... -FS-ig!2e0
This is part of the NS Crescent Corridor. But look at that lashup.
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Active crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.049271, ... er=1&hl=en

Pretty unique sign:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.027241, ... er=1&hl=en

The whole crossing has a rather massive set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.027241, ... er=1&hl=en
Trainzmandude2012 wrote:N Henry St, Morristown, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.212438, ... -FS-ig!2e0
This is part of the NS Crescent Corridor. But look at that lashup.
That wasn't the only train they caught there either: :Wink:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.212183, ... OJ7YKQ!2e0
Going back a good bit along the road, you can see the crossing deactivating for the train after it had passed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.213078, ... u_EOEw!2e0
And even farther back, you can see the engine going through the crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.213549, ... -tCsBA!2e0
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freebrickproductions wrote:Pretty unique sign:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.027241, ... er=1&hl=en

The whole crossing has a rather massive set-up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.027241, ... er=1&hl=en
Even the traffic lights at that intersection are a bit odd. Have never seen cantilevered lightheads mounted sideways and above the bar like like that.
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So CSX replaced some Vader signals over in Decatur with... more Vader signals?
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 6,,0,-3.11
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freebrickproductions wrote:So CSX replaced some Vader signals over in Decatur with... more Vader signals?
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 6,,0,-3.11
Ugh that looks like such a freaking waste of money :Curse1:
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Kind of a unique crossing: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.744554, ... !2e0?hl=en

This is kind odd, not only is this post unusually short for a stop sign-crossbuck combination, it also has a buckeye crossbuck: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.784047, ... !2e0?hl=en

And even more odd, the same crossing also has a full buckeye crossbuck setup with what looks like a stop sign attached to it, and looking at it closer, it maybe even a advanced warning sign!: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.784047, ... !2e0?hl=en
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Why is this here?: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.800235, ... !2e0?hl=en
Some other gated crossing have it too.
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These are two cool crossings, this is in a quite rural area so the buckeye crossbucks haven't been removed yet, not to mention the two old cabooses and the old switcher that are stored here: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.867704, ... !2e0?hl=en
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Some scenic crossings: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.88024,- ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@39.894695, ... !2e0?hl=en
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This is just weird: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.903085, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Odd setup, I love those incandescent traffic signals :TUP2: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.912478, ... !2e0?hl=en

Replaced the word with what you were looking for. "Indecent traffic signals" implies something completely different.
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Another scenic crossing (as you can tell, that is a common reacquiring theme in my posts): https://www.google.com/maps/@39.929236, ... !2e0?hl=en

Fixed the link for ya.
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First time I've seen a sign like that,maybe this line use to be abandon?: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.916319, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Some nice old signals: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.925548, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Scenic crossing with old signals: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.936618, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Street running: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.941187, ... !2e0?hl=en

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ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of a unique crossing: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.744554, ... !2e0?hl=en
ToledoRailfan wrote:Why is this here?: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.800235, ... !2e0?hl=en
ToledoRailfan wrote:This is just weird: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.903085, ... !2e0?hl=en
Did you notice the bells on those crossings? :Wink:
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Quite a few Safetran Type 1s along that line. That'd be a pretty neat line to have on the site.
ToledoRailfan wrote:This is just weird: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.903085, ... !2e0?hl=en

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They did that so drivers could see the lights around the utility pole there.
They/Them for me, please.

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ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of a unique crossing: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.744554, ... !2e0?hl=en
ToledoRailfan wrote:Why is this here?: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.800235, ... !2e0?hl=en
ToledoRailfan wrote:This is just weird: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.903085, ... !2e0?hl=en
Did you notice the bells on those crossings? :Wink:
I thought it was unusual to see those Associated Signal Bell, I thought for a moment that I've never really seen to many crossings with them, but it did not come to my mind that they were rare.
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