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another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:35 pm
by gedunk
Multi-tracked, probably 150 yards deep, and a side street with its own gateless in the
middle of the crossing:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 1,,0,-3.17
Re: another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:49 pm
by Smjh1979
Four more gateless signals would make that a good triple crossing.
Re: another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:53 pm
by gedunk
Most of those tracks look pretty highly used. That's not one I'd want to be caught in the middle of. If you follow one of the lines around, you get an action shot.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 02105&z=16
Re: another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:07 pm
by bnsfc44
Apparently the Google car doesn't stop for red lights? Move Street view up on the tracks and and you get the feeling of that you are about to get hit by a train.
Re: another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:10 am
by gedunk
bnsfc44 wrote:Apparently the Google car doesn't stop for red lights? Move Street view up on the tracks and and you get the feeling of that you are about to get hit by a train.
It appears the train is stopped for an extended period: all the other cars are blowing the signal too.
Re: another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:49 pm
by Crossingman18
never seen units like that. even a AMBULANCE blew the signals!
Re: another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:01 pm
by bnsfc44
The unit is a GP20D. It was build during a joint partnership between EMD and Motive Power, Inc. of Idaho. I believe only 20 were built. All currently belong to CIT/Financial (CEFX).
Re: another deep crossing - and it's an odd one too
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:51 pm
by TrainmanKight
bnsfc44 wrote:The unit is a GP20D. It was build during a joint partnership between EMD and Motive Power, Inc. of Idaho. I believe only 20 were built. All currently belong to CIT/Financial (CEFX).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_GP20D
These are kind of like the gensets that Up rr bought