A-frame/Wishbone gate locations

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TrickyMario7654 wrote:I have a question. When did they start making 'flat' gates?
I'm guessing by the 1980s with 1970s likely being the earliest for them. Though they probably existed only as pedestrian gates long before that.
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freebrickproductions wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:I have a question. When did they start making 'flat' gates?
I'm guessing by the 1980s with 1970s likely being the earliest for them. Though they probably existed only as pedestrian gates long before that.
Thanks for answering that question... :Wink:
I'm pretty sure that they didn't appear here until around the late 90's (I presume). In fact, I'm pretty sure red and white striped gates didn't even exist before the 90's! (At least in Victoria.)
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TrickyMario7654 wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:I have a question. When did they start making 'flat' gates?
I'm guessing by the 1980s with 1970s likely being the earliest for them. Though they probably existed only as pedestrian gates long before that.
Thanks for answering that question... :Wink:
I'm pretty sure that they didn't appear here until around the late 90's (I presume). In fact, I'm pretty sure red and white striped gates didn't even exist before the 90's! (At least in Victoria.)
Agree with those time frames. I was a youngster, but started noticing "flat" gates more when I was 10, which would have been 1980. For instance, I remember that this signal was installed around that time, and it would have never worked with an A frame gate.
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Found this baby one in Jackman, Maine. The image is from 2011, so it's hard to know for sure if it is still there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6234145 ... 312!8i6656
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cabman701 wrote:Found this baby one in Jackman, Maine. The image is from 2011, so it's hard to know for sure if it is still there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6234145 ... 312!8i6656
The other pedestrian gate is also a remnant A-frame gate:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6232739 ... 312!8i6656
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ZachL wrote:
cabman701 wrote:Found this baby one in Jackman, Maine. The image is from 2011, so it's hard to know for sure if it is still there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6234145 ... 312!8i6656
The other pedestrian gate is also a remnant A-frame gate:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6232739 ... 312!8i6656
I wanna say that one's been posted before...
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LARDLOGO wrote:Here's some in Maylands, Australia
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.926 ... 56!6m1!1e1
A-frame gates are common in Australia, JSYK
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ZachL wrote:
LARDLOGO wrote:Here's some in Maylands, Australia
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.926 ... 56!6m1!1e1
A-frame gates are common in Australia, JSYK
Actually, they're slightly more easiler to find down here. It varies from state to state though. The easiest place to find them is Metropolitan Melbourne, were every single crossing on Metro tracks have them. (Including at least few with black and white gates)
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TrickyMario7654 wrote:
ZachL wrote:
LARDLOGO wrote:Here's some in Maylands, Australia
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.926 ... 56!6m1!1e1
A-frame gates are common in Australia, JSYK
Actually, they're slightly more easiler to find down here. It varies from state to state though. The easiest place to find them is Metropolitan Melbourne, were every single crossing on Metro tracks have them. (Including at least few with black and white gates)
And here's the crossing in action:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.926 ... 312!8i6656
They/Them for me, please.

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