Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Interesting cantilever in Roderfield WV... https://www.google.com/maps/@37.447597, ... !1e1?hl=en

Street view pics are pretty crappy, but here is a much better one posted on RailPictures: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 37&nseq=51
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These signals must have been cantilever signals at one point. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.655426, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@41.655549, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Not crossing related but this is one of the strangest effects of putting imagines together that I have found in Google Streetview. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.232037, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Also not crossing related but this is a cool railroad bridge! Not to mention how it also goes over another railroad track! That would be a cool place to railfan. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.236879, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@41.237388, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Now this is what I call a good combination, some nice 8'' signals in a beautiful rural forest area! https://www.google.com/maps/@41.095827, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@41.095751, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This is a cool crossing with some cool vintage traffic signals! https://www.google.com/maps/@41.935417, ... !2e0?hl=en

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The relay cabinet has this orange light, kind of odd. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.95037,- ... !2e0?hl=en
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Here are some GRS Lex-C 12 inch lights in Shepherd, Michigan!. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.524334, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.524332, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Teardrop Bell! https://www.google.com/maps/@43.604466, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Three WRRS Mini bells at one crossing! https://www.google.com/maps/@43.819832, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.819832, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.819975, ... !2e0?hl=en

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More Wrrs Mini bells! https://www.google.com/maps/@43.817561, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.817561, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This is not the kind of place you would expect to see a railroad crossing. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.814263, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This abandon crossing is pretty cool. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.82604,- ... !2e0?hl=en

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Kind of a freaky looking signal. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.107545, ... !2e0?hl=en

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This is kind of odd. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.246034, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@44.246034, ... !2e0?hl=en

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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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ToledoRailfan wrote:Here are some GRS Lex-C 12 inch lights in Shepherd, Michigan!. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.524334, ... !2e0?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@43.524332, ... !2e0?hl=en
Did you notice the US&S Teardrop bell there?
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.524332, ... !2e0?hl=en

Something even more odd is that crossing's also on the site, but it didn't have the GRS Lex-Cs when the pictures were taken back in 2005.
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Michigan/Shep ... index.html
ToledoRailfan wrote:Teardrop Bell! https://www.google.com/maps/@43.604466, ... !2e0?hl=en
Already on the site:
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Michigan/Moun ... /Broadway/
It appears that they've replaced the lights sadly though.
Already on the site as well, but it appears that the lights were replaced here as well:
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Michigan/Clare/115/
Those are just regular WCH mechanical bells.
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freebrickproductions wrote:Did you notice the US&S Teardrop bell there?
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.524332, ... !2e0?hl=en
Wow, I don't know how I missed that! :Blink:
freebrickproductions wrote:Something even more odd is that crossing's also on the site, but it didn't have the GRS Lex-Cs when the pictures were taken back in 2005.
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Michigan/Shep ... index.html
That is weird, maybe they were the only replacement lights they had.
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This is a cool 4-way crossing. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.829706, ... !2e0?hl=en
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Crossbucks about to be replaced by signals. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.578646, ... !2e0?hl=en
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I've seen mini stop signs and other mini signs to trails and paths, but I've never seen mini crossbucks! https://www.google.com/maps/@44.57859,- ... !2e0?hl=en
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Teardrop bell! https://www.google.com/maps/@44.742776, ... !2e0?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote: Teardrop bell! https://www.google.com/maps/@44.742776, ... !2e0?hl=en
Looks like a redneck install there, as it doesn't even appear to have the mounting base!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.742778, ... !2e0?hl=en
They/Them for me, please.

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ToledoRailfan wrote:This abandon crossing is pretty cool. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.82604,- ... !2e0?hl=en
That could go in the Tracks Out of Service thread, since that is a dead line as it turns into a rail trail if you head west.
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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WAT!?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.553691, ... 5gwSCw!2e0
Is the camera driver on drugs now?
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