Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ToledoRailfan wrote:

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?

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.

They're actually Safetran Type 1s. ASC bells look like this: http://www.rxrsignals.net/102/Electronic/ASC/
They are both about as rare though, but I'm willing to bet that the ASC bells are rarer.

This Crossing has two WRRS Mini-Bells!: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183449, ... !2e0?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183449, ... !2e0?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183449, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Railroad Crossing on a freeway! You don't see that everyday!: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183015, ... !2e0?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183294, ... !2e0?hl=en
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4-way Crossbuck only crossing: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.186763, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Kind of an odd setup, I love those classic vintage signals: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.288944, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.288949, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.288949, ... !2e0?hl=en

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These signals must use to have lights: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.290242, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.289785, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This is the first time I've seen a no parking sign on a crossbuck post: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.374996, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Scenic crossing, it is right next to the St.Louis Depot: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.40517,- ... !2e0?hl=en

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Bell only crossing: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.411956, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This is kind of a unique 4-way crossing. There are some incandescent 8'' lights some incandescent 12'' lights. Some LED 12'' lights and even some G.R.S LED-C 8'' Lights!: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.411951, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.411831, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.411831, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.411768, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This signal is now a Crossbuck-yield sign combination pole: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.410748, ... !2e0?hl=en
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Some nice old signals with another WRRS mini-bell!: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.410606, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.410729, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Some more nice old signals: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.398396, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.398005, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Why is the crossbuck so faraway from the tracks?: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.351795, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This is kind off odd: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.961475, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Fixed some links.

ToledoRailfan wrote: Railroad Crossing on a freeway! You don't see that everyday!: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183015, ... !2e0?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183294, ... !2e0?hl=en
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That's actually not a freeway. There are several at-grade intersections north and south of the interchange & railroad crossing along US 27.

ToledoRailfan wrote:These signals must use to have lights: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.290242, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.289785, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Bell only crossing: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.411956, ... !2e0?hl=en

Those would both be good contributions to the Bell Only Crossings thread.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote: Railroad Crossing on a freeway! You don't see that everyday!: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183015, ... !2e0?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.183294, ... !2e0?hl=en
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That's actually not a freeway. There are several at-grade intersections north and south of the interchange & railroad crossing along US 27.

ToledoRailfan wrote:
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Whoops, my bad, I guess it is one of those highways that at first glance, looks like a freeway. The non-freeway part of Ohio State Route 2 at times looks like a freeway. The way Google Maps made US-127 kind of made it look like a freeway. Still kind of a unique crossing.

Advanced warning sign on the same post as the crossbuck. I think a yield sign or maybe even a stop sign would have been better off there instead of an advanced warning sign.

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Four way rural crossing:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.338624, ... !1e1?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.338492, ... !1e1?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.338625, ... !1e1?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.338625, ... !1e1?hl=en

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Four way rural crossing in a small town (Holton, Michigan)

ToledoRailfan wrote:Advanced warning sign on the same post as the crossbuck. I think a yield sign or maybe even a stop sign would have been better off there instead of an advanced warning sign.

Not quite on the same post, actually, but close.
The post the advanced warning sign is on is a metal post right in front of the crossbuck. This same post has that small "No Parking" sign on it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.243111, ... !2e0?hl=en

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Advanced warning sign on the same post as the crossbuck. I think a yield sign or maybe even a stop sign would have been better off there instead of an advanced warning sign.

Not quite on the same post, actually, but close.
The post the advanced warning sign is on is a metal post right in front of the crossbuck. This same post has that small "No Parking" sign on it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.243111, ... !2e0?hl=en

Kind of a redneck setup. Looks as if there is a small cable or wire holding the two together. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.243056, ... !2e0?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Advanced warning sign on the same post as the crossbuck. I think a yield sign or maybe even a stop sign would have been better off there instead of an advanced warning sign.

Not quite on the same post, actually, but close.
The post the advanced warning sign is on is a metal post right in front of the crossbuck. This same post has that small "No Parking" sign on it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.243111, ... !2e0?hl=en

Kind of a redneck setup. Looks as if there is a small cable or wire holding the two together. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.243056, ... !2e0?hl=en

I'm certain that the two posts are separate because of who owns them in the first place. The crossbuck post is put up by the railroad whereas the advanced warning post is put up by the municipality. I can't tell for certain which one was there first, but the advanced warning sign being there makes the crossbuck "illegal" since it prevents the white reflective strip from being visible on the crossbuck post.

Active crossing on Hoffman Road,Toledo Ohio. I don't know why I haven't shared this before until now. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.691837, ... 0000?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Active crossing on Hoffman Road,Toledo Ohio. I don't know why I haven't shared this before until now. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.691837, ... 0000?hl=en

Wow, and in street view from 2007! Not many of those images left on Google Maps.

How about two AOK (Arkansas and Oklahoma) Railroad locomotives, ex-BNSF B40-8Ws, sitting in Red Oak, Oklahoma:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.950529, ... e0!6m1!1e1