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Title: Installations that aged badly
Post by: traffic light guy on October 09, 2015, 08:43:40 PM
In Pennsylvania I'd have to say probably Old Durasig installations from the '80s, those get pretty damn ugly after a decade and a half, or even early McCain and TCT installs of the early-mid '90s, this is odd because whenever I see an even older mast-arm installation with Eagle Flatbacks from the 1970s, they look in way better condition,minus the poles, It must've been the switch from aluminum to plastic signal equipment.
Title: Re: Installations that aged badly
Post by: Mohkfry on October 10, 2015, 02:09:25 PM
Although this is more of a poor maintenance issue, the cable that carries the power conductors broke where the signal hangs from it. Picture was taken in 2013 and it's still like this today.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4684084,-87.3164358,3a,15y,281.72h,107.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saviMdx1vLRYgtqL0gMmgRA!2e0!5s20130701T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en

Interestingly enough, these are the last Checker signals in NW Indiana that I know of. The one direction also supports one signal with a R-Y-G-GA combo and the light next to it is a R-Y-GA-GA combo, which in its self is rare. You can faintly see the two arrows if you look closely.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4685045,-87.3164673,3a,15y,200.42h,106.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sEBMH8mY4Ojv-iccwPTYqTQ!2e0!5s20131001T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en

Unfortunately, the only link showing the arrow lit is a 2009 link, and one of the arrows was burned out.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4685454,-87.3163965,3a,37.5y,201.01h,89.46t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sRowdvefoMptt7ep7JMEehQ!2e0!5s20090701T000000!7i3328!8i1664!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Title: Re: Installations that aged badly
Post by: freebrickproductions on October 12, 2015, 11:04:21 AM
I'm going to have to nominate the 1st Generation Durasigs on the courthouse square in downtown Athens, AL.
Title: Re: Installations that aged badly
Post by: jakeroot on October 15, 2015, 11:56:44 PM
Extremely difficult to tell, but some of the signs for the WA-167 junction @ 24 St near Sumner aged horribly. The interchange was only built 11 years ago, but the signs make it look like the oldest junction in Seattle.

https://goo.gl/7PBafc