Old Traffic Signals

[nyratk1]

Man that is a beautiful signal!

I always tell people about wanting to own a real incandescent signal assembly and they look at me like I have three heads

I own some signals and I get that reaction or a "that's really COOL" reaction.

There's a company out of upstate NY called Twin Green Traffic Signals that sells real retired/decommissioned signals (incandescent and LED, pedestrian signals, controllers, cabinets, parts, lenses and all kinds of stuff) that you may want to check out. They can ship for reasonably cheap and it can be as cheap as $75-100 for some signals. I don't know about his availability of older, particularly fixed 4-way signals, which would obviously be much more expensive (roughly $400 up to $1000 maybe?). I bought my first signal from him - a 8" McCain aluminum signal with LEDs installed and I'm quite happy with it.

Here's the link: http://www.twingreenonline.com/index.htm. (I hope that's kosher with the mods...)

[US71]

Don't remember if I already posted this. It's near St Louis. Reminds me of 1960's signals around Chicago.

[D-Dey65]

Don't remember if I already posted this. It's near St Louis. Reminds me of 1960's signals around Chicago.

I don't know if you posted it either, because all I see is a red X.

[US71]

I don't know if you posted it either, because all I see is a red X.

*sigh*
Hazards of a new computer.

Here's a link to the page (I hope)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/3863111651/

[rickmastfan67]

Here's the link: http://www.twingreenonline.com/index.htm. (I hope that's kosher with the mods...)

It's all good.  It's on subject.

[Ian]

If anyone cares, I have photos from a traffic signal enthusiast meet that I attended up in Pottstown last Saturday. Photos of old signals, signs, and even 3 new traffic signal acquisition are included:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccdude/sets/72157627890429937/with/6296823324/

[Alex]

Finding old signals in Mobile is getting to be very difficult with so many signal replacements the past few years. Two old sets remain along Old Shell Road however:



Old Shell Road west at Kenneth Street



Old Shell Road west at Upham Street

These sets are both replaced now:
https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama999/old_shell_rd_eb_at_lafayette_st.jpg
https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama999/old_shell_rd_eb_at_ann_st.jpg

[US71]

Outside the VA Hospital in Fayetteville, AR. Dates back to early 1970's, but hasn't worked in at least a decade.



Natchez, MS

[US71]

Fayetteville, AR circa 1973 (next to right margin, about halfway down)

[US12]

wheres was that taken at?

[US71]

Leland, MS


Vermillion, SD

[The High Plains Traveler]

Leland, MS

If this is an old signal converted to a four-way stop flasher, why is it showing yellow?

[Ian]

If this is an old signal converted to a four-way stop flasher, why is it showing yellow?

It looks to be flashing red. It seems that when they took the signals out of service, they moved the red lenses to the center sections.

[The High Plains Traveler]

If this is an old signal converted to a four-way stop flasher, why is it showing yellow?

It looks to be flashing red. It seems that when they took the signals out of service, they moved the red lenses to the center sections.

I won't argue with the logic, just my color perception. Looking above in the thread, there are photos with unambiguous red signal aspects showing, while the red in the stop sign vs. the color of the light in the same photo makes the light appear yellow. To me.

[signalman]

Upon first glance I too thought they were flashing yellow.  I really had to stare at it to see the redness.   

[US71]

Upon first glance I too thought they were flashing yellow.  I really had to stare at it to see the redness.   

This was the first one I had ever seen like that. So far, it's the only one as well.

[D-Dey65]

I found a pedestrian signal from the 1950's on somebody's tumblr page:
http://monkeypants.tumblr.com/post/18855969885/1950s

[US71]

I found a pedestrian signal from the 1950's on somebody's tumblr page:
http://monkeypants.tumblr.com/post/18855969885/1950s

Fayetteville, Arkansas has something like that until the early-mid 1970's

[D-Dey65]

Fayetteville, Arkansas has something like that until the early-mid 1970's

And I saw that in Central Park during the 1990's.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Fayetteville, Arkansas has something like that until the early-mid 1970's

And I saw that in Central Park during the 1990's.

I know which one you speak of. It was still standing as of March, 2001.

[sp_redelectric]

Leland, MS

And I thought this was similar to Germany where "stop" or "priority" signs are mounted at traffic signals to indicate what to do when the light is out, and that was really a yellow light.

Not a bad idea, since so many people around where I live don't comprehend a 4-way stop when the lights are dark.

[D-Dey65]

If you want Stop signs in traffic signals, I recommend this:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NB_4-Way_Stop;_SC_527_%26_US_301.JPG

[OracleUsr]

SC used to use those a lot.  I remember SC 38 between just south of Hamlet, NC, and Marion, SC, had a couple of these on the way.  They used to have these STOP AHEAD signs that would put a great emphasis on STOP.

[tvketchum]

Leland, MS

And I thought this was similar to Germany where "stop" or "priority" signs are mounted at traffic signals to indicate what to do when the light is out, and that was really a yellow light.

Not a bad idea, since so many people around where I live don't comprehend a 4-way stop when the lights are dark.

Red in traffic signals is slightly orange, and green is shifted slightly to blue. This is to aid red-green color blind drivers to distinguish the between the two. Since the red stop sign is a true red, the red signal close to it, will look more orange than if the sign were not there.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Not sure if this signal in downtown Seattle is old, but the "ONE WAY" sign sure seems old: