One of joys I have about meandering around rural areas of the country is taking photos of things I find interesting. Yesterday my husband and I drove across this railroad crossing at 55 MPH as we made our way along the county maintained roadway. But something caught my eye.
I did a U-turn and safely pulled off into a pullout alongside the crossing.
The photo above looks to the east of the roadway. The following two photos look to the west.
The railroad tracks go nowhere. There isn’t even room to park a rail car to the west of the crossing. The county went through the expense of building the cross, complete with warning lights (that are covered) for tracks that come to an abrupt end mere feet from the roadway.
I found this very interesting.
Where were the tracks headed? Is this a future industrial area that will be served by a big loop of railroad tracks?
