An older signal still doing it's job

[cabman701]

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=320650

Nice picture!

Check out the lean on that signal and the pinnacle as well. Also notice this crossing has no bell.

Update:

Here is the crossing on StreetView. Looks like it has been leaning for quite some time.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 97,,0,16.6

[Smjh1979]

Looks very nice. I like that old signal, even if it is leaning a bit.

[MikeRXR]

Cool looking signal. I hope it can keep up the good work for a bit longer yet!

[AlvinAZ]

On the SP we called a setup like that "crossing bells".

Alvin in AZ

[SirKrunch]

I always wondered why on installations like that, with the angle of the crossing, they placed the signals that close to the track? Why not bring them further back so they'd be about where you'd paint the white stop line across the road? Seems like a placement such as this could be confusing to a driver, especially at night... normally you stop close to the location of the signal.

[AlvinAZ]

I like that old signal, even if it is leaning a bit.

Signal maintainer needs to straighten that sucker up. ...and friggin paint 'em too.

Why should anyone take a signal serious if it looks like it belongs in a dumpster? ;)

That'd be embarrassing as anything sitting in court with blown-up pictures of those
crossing bells staring at you -and the jury- while a slick sounding sucker asks you
questions like...

"are you too stupid or lazy to use a paint brush or did the railroad company not care
enough about the warning signals to give you proper maintenance equipment and/or
materials?"

"Uhhh... can you repeat the question? :/"

I'd be asking the maintainer and/or his supervisor if they liked their job or not. ;)

Alvin in AZ

[AlvinAZ]

I always wondered why on installations like that, with the angle of the crossing,
they placed the signals that close to the track? Why not bring them further back
so they'd be about where you'd paint the white stop line across the road? Seems
like a placement such as this could be confusing to a driver, especially at night...
normally you stop close to the location of the signal.

Hear now. :/
That's way too logical for the railroad, ok? ;)
Cool question. :)

We had a "book of standards" and you'd put the tape measure on the gauge of the
rail at "two foot four and a quarter" and then measure off whatever number of feet
the standard said and that's where it'd go. :) Easy as that.

Relay cases, relay houses, crossing gates way side signals, you name it.

Alvin in AZ

[Robert_Gift]

Signals MUCH too close to the track.

If you stop near either signal, where one might be expected to stop, the left corner of your vehicle could be hit.

Those signals must be relocated to the STOP LINES on the pavement.

[AlvinAZ]

Signals MUCH too close to the track.

I disagree. :)

If you stop near either signal, where one might be expected to stop,
the left corner of your vehicle could be hit.

"expected to stop"?
Oh man, RG. :(
Where do I start? :/

Those signals must be relocated to the STOP LINES on the pavement.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=320650
What "stop lines" on the pavement?
(the google-stuff doesn't work for me, Linux system here)

Sorry RG, but I couldn't disagree more, with everything in your post. :/

The crossing bells are set where they are "supposed to be set", bet
you money on that one. If someone lives near it and could measure
the distances, that could be confirmed either way.

Another point is, where does the motorist take responsibility in where
to stop and wait on a train? If anything the "stop lines" are your
precious nanny state's (gov't) responsibility and I don't see any. ;)

...but IMO they aren't needed anyway, just a waste of money.

My question to you is, are you so friggin stupid you would park within
three feet of the rail when a train is coming? ;) ...the point being...
Just how stupid do you think everyone else is? And just what is it you
got against Darwin anyway? ;)

It will be very interesting to hear what you've got to say, no kidding.

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When I was in high school and college I didn't seem to agree with much
of anybody about anything. :/ Ten years out of high school I was still
thinking I was nothing but a dangged "contrarian". LOL :)

There were times I was the only one in the class (including the teacher)
that was arguing "my side" of it. LOL :)

Then heard what Clark had to say when running for president for the
Libertarian Party. :) Hey! Turns out I wasn't just a "contrarian" I was
worse than that, I was a "libertarian-contrarian" and as everybody
knows, we are crazy and have a real bad attitude about -everything-. :/

Yeah, there might be children in the vehicle that gets hit because -you-
(RG) are too stupid to stop back from the tracks far enough to keep
from getting hit. What have I gotta do to protect you? Lock you and
your kids in a padded cell and slip "state/AMA approved food" under
the door three times a day? :( Huh? ;)

What happened to the title of "adult" in this world? Yeah, I know the
answer to that question, just wondering if you know or if you've ever
even thought about it before. ;)

Butthead in AZ

[gedunk]

I work for the CHP inspecting big rigs at the truck scales.

You know Alvin, I hear so many excuses why a particular truck is such a piece of junk. Usually it's "This thing just left the shop...they must have missed that."

Only rarely will the driver own up to his/her part in it. Even rarer is the driver that hands me the inspection book that shows all the daily reports that he has filled out detailing what repairs need to be done, yet nobody does anything.

Personal responsibility seems to be a endangered behavior.

A few years back, a crossing here was upgraded from passive to active warning. Because of the curve in the track, the signals had to be set back some so the gates would not get hit by a passing train. Unfortunately, there was a driveway between the signal and the tracks...it got its own mast & gate. For some reason, the mast light wasn't aimed at the house. Kinda strange....

http://www.rxrsignals.net/California/A- ... Virginia2/