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Title: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: traffic light guy on July 17, 2017, 09:41:43 PM
4-ways are completly gooonnneeee in my area. Nothing but boring 2000s McCain installs are left.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: epzik8 on July 17, 2017, 09:50:44 PM
You mean flashing reds? In Harford County, Maryland we've got MD-136 at MD-440 ("Dublin"), MD-23 at MD-146/Madonna Road ("Madonna"), MD-136 at MD-624, where MD-136 actually has a flashing yellow, and then there's a three-way, MD-155 at MD-161 outside of Havre de Grace.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: csw on July 17, 2017, 10:38:45 PM
Lots of 4-way stops/flashing reds on US 45 south of I-70 in Illinois. Heck, lots of them in Southern Illinois in general.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: ilpt4u on July 17, 2017, 11:10:19 PM
Quote from: csw on July 17, 2017, 10:38:45 PM
Lots of 4-way stops/flashing reds on US 45 south of I-70 in Illinois. Heck, lots of them in Southern Illinois in general.
Not just Southern, there are some on IL 1 between Chicagoland and Danville, IL (more Central, unless SoIL is everything South of I-80)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: PurdueBill on July 18, 2017, 12:09:13 AM
Are we talking about 4-way signals with the single housing for signals facing four ways?
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: traffic light guy on July 18, 2017, 01:16:53 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 18, 2017, 12:09:13 AM
Are we talking about 4-way signals with the single housing for signals facing four ways?

Quadrupole faced single signals that face all four directions, not 4-Way clusters.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: kj3400 on July 18, 2017, 01:20:21 AM
There's a pair in Baltimore at Charles St and Montgomery St. just south of downtown, and that's just one I pass by daily. They're still scattered around the city though they're being replaced slowly.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: PurdueBill on July 18, 2017, 01:17:08 PM
Quote from: traffic light guy on July 18, 2017, 01:16:53 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 18, 2017, 12:09:13 AM
Are we talking about 4-way signals with the single housing for signals facing four ways?

Quadrupole faced single signals that face all four directions, not 4-Way clusters.


Yes, single housing, not four separate housings.  I think the conversation diverted to 4-way stops very quickly because of confusion over 4-way what.

There are still some around in places east of Cleveland but far, far fewer than there were even 10 years ago as a number of projects have replaced everything on some corridors, including signals.
I just saw a couple old 4-way signals fairly recently, although I can't remember exactly where in running around they were!  Sigh.  Didn't have time to snap a pic.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Scott5114 on July 19, 2017, 03:59:59 PM
There's still a few on SH-19 in Lindsay, OK.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 19, 2017, 10:36:08 PM
None in Huntsville or Madison County, AL for that matter, but there are several in the surrounding towns. Fort Payne, AL and Athens, AL have quite a few, along with Gadsden, AL. Tuscumbia, AL; Sheffield, AL; and Florence, AL also all have a few, and both Birmingham, AL and Cullman, AL each have a pair of them. Leighton, AL also has this rather cool old Crouse-hinds Type M 4-way at their one signalized intersection in town, last I checked:
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Takumi on July 20, 2017, 06:24:19 PM
There's a pair in Richmond at Clay Street and Roseneath Road.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Ian on July 20, 2017, 06:51:36 PM
Maine is completely devoid of full R-Y-G fixed 4-way signals as far as I know. There are a few beacons left that I've seen listed below, but those are few and far between.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: cl94 on July 20, 2017, 06:59:47 PM
Come to New York if you want 4-ways. Troy in particular still has them all over the place. All are on span wire and, at most intersections, there is only one face per direction. Multiple 4-ways are within walking distance of my apartment. A large amount of the 4-ways are on ancient controllers without an all-red interval.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: jmd41280 on August 23, 2017, 08:57:35 PM
This 4-way exists at the intersection of PA 31 and 981 in Mt. Pleasant...

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4401/36414579541_a4c038812d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XtQeQi)
Fixed 4-way head traffic signal in Mt. Pleasant, PA (https://flic.kr/p/XtQeQi) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: paulthemapguy on August 23, 2017, 09:01:47 PM
A random picture I took walking around Baltimore just southwest of Inner Harbor.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4333/35957822023_2265c6f54a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WMteJF)
MD-002V4way (https://flic.kr/p/WMteJF) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: cu2010 on August 24, 2017, 08:46:01 PM
These still exist in Newark, NY:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FwaSI0Vz.jpg&hash=a1fd695fe73013acc05d5d0b50eeeca2b53c3b58)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: UCFKnights on September 20, 2017, 07:59:30 PM
Some brand new ones were installed about 10 days ago in Florida:
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/r270/21728146_1438653586241918_7964429343337713491_n.jpg?oh=326308f33aff1fe335b88d08f3ae3e27&oe=5A3FC118)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Aerobird on September 20, 2017, 08:41:30 PM
Quote from: UCFKnights on September 20, 2017, 07:59:30 PM
Some brand new ones were installed about 10 days ago in Florida:
Where is this? It looks temporary?
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: xcellntbuy on September 20, 2017, 09:30:04 PM
Quote from: UCFKnights on September 20, 2017, 07:59:30 PM
Some brand new ones were installed about 10 days ago in Florida:
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/r270/21728146_1438653586241918_7964429343337713491_n.jpg?oh=326308f33aff1fe335b88d08f3ae3e27&oe=5A3FC118)
Temporary four-ways.  This particular example is located in Coral Springs.  Many cities have some available in hurricane country.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: UCFKnights on September 20, 2017, 09:50:18 PM
Quote from: xcellntbuy on September 20, 2017, 09:30:04 PM
Quote from: UCFKnights on September 20, 2017, 07:59:30 PM
Some brand new ones were installed about 10 days ago in Florida:
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/r270/21728146_1438653586241918_7964429343337713491_n.jpg?oh=326308f33aff1fe335b88d08f3ae3e27&oe=5A3FC118)
Temporary four-ways.  This particular example is located in Coral Springs.  Many cities have some available in hurricane country.
Yup. I'm curious if any are using that left arrow that is on it. Is it a dual color left arrow, or would them enabling it make it split phase?
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Conn. Roads on October 22, 2017, 04:56:17 AM
There are plenty in Albany, NY.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: thenetwork on October 22, 2017, 10:23:33 PM
There are at least four 4-way, single-segment flashing red blinkers in my neck of the woods.  All four are at secondary road intersections. Otherwise, I got nothin'.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US71 on November 10, 2017, 01:20:21 PM
Nothing in my area. Fayetteville was closest, but they got rid of theirs 3-4 years ago.  Same with Arkadelphia.

Smackover, AR has one, but it's the only one I have knowledge of in Arkansas.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4463/37065341974_fcb19d3d69_z_d.jpg)

Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: cl94 on November 10, 2017, 01:24:23 PM
Quote from: US71 on November 10, 2017, 01:20:21 PM
Nothing in my area. Fayetteville was closest, but they got rid of theirs 3-4 years ago.

Smackover, AR has one, but it's the only one I have knowledge of in Arkansas.

Dummy signal! Nice. We have a few of those in New York still and there have been movements to preserve them.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US71 on November 11, 2017, 11:08:50 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on October 22, 2017, 10:23:33 PM
There are at least four 4-way, single-segment flashing red blinkers in my neck of the woods.  All four are at secondary road intersections. Otherwise, I got nothin'.

I've seen several of those, especially in smaller towns. My favorite is Clarksville, AR

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3244/2296469971_104ec7bdc9_z_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: hotdogPi on November 18, 2017, 11:17:53 AM
What is this?

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/26726253439_1d88f9b766_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GHH326)Strange 4-way traffic light (https://flic.kr/p/GHH326) by me (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hotdogpi/), on Flickr

I took this photo yesterday in Lowell (on LRTA bus 17). It seems like a 4-way where there was originally only one, and then three extras got added.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: freebrickproductions on November 18, 2017, 02:31:24 PM
Quote from: 1 on November 18, 2017, 11:17:53 AM
What is this?

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/26726253439_1d88f9b766_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GHH326)Strange 4-way traffic light (https://flic.kr/p/GHH326) by me (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hotdogpi/), on Flickr

I took this photo yesterday in Lowell (on LRTA bus 17). It seems like a 4-way where there was originally only one, and then three extras got added.
That's a 4-way cluster. Not quite a true 4-way, but many towns seem to do it to directly replace 4-ways with newer signals (without having to install any new mast arms or span wires) or to try and maintain the old look of the 4-ways while installing newer signals.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US71 on November 24, 2017, 12:10:34 PM
Having just returned from Texas and Louisiana, I didn't see any 4_ways, though I've previously spotted this in Jefferson, Texas

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3064/2885973443_a8ca3a6fbd_z_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: 23skidoo on November 24, 2017, 12:53:49 PM
Quote from: 1 on November 18, 2017, 11:17:53 AM
What is this?

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/26726253439_1d88f9b766_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GHH326)Strange 4-way traffic light (https://flic.kr/p/GHH326) by me (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hotdogpi/), on Flickr

I took this photo yesterday in Lowell (on LRTA bus 17). It seems like a 4-way where there was originally only one, and then three extras got added.

If I didn't know better, I would have thought that picture was taken in Michigan (4 way clusters that look like that are very common here).
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US 89 on July 08, 2018, 12:44:07 AM
There is one (well, two) in Rogers TX, at the intersection of US 190/TX 36 and FM 437 (https://goo.gl/maps/BryxrFnChTA2).

If I’d known it was there before I went through, I would have stopped to take a picture. Oh well...
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 12, 2018, 01:04:16 PM
Quote from: US 89 on July 08, 2018, 12:44:07 AM
There is one (well, two) in Rogers TX, at the intersection of US 190/TX 36 and FM 437 (https://goo.gl/maps/BryxrFnChTA2).

If I'd known it was there before I went through, I would have stopped to take a picture. Oh well...
That's a pair of clusters.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Eth on July 13, 2018, 01:49:22 PM
I just found this one today in Scottdale, GA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2Froadphotos%2F20180713_113619.jpg&hash=b38ae44b7595352e47bd6cd52a8d5cd8d5234094)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: PHLBOS on July 13, 2018, 03:11:44 PM
Quote from: Eth on July 13, 2018, 01:49:22 PM
I just found this one today in Scottdale, GA:
That's a 4-way cluster not a true 4-way.  See previous comments on this thread.  The OP's asking about genuine 4-ways.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: traffic light guy on July 13, 2018, 04:18:59 PM
Quote from: Eth on July 13, 2018, 01:49:22 PM
I just found this one today in Scottdale, GA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2Froadphotos%2F20180713_113619.jpg&hash=b38ae44b7595352e47bd6cd52a8d5cd8d5234094)

4-way signals are fixed 4-way heads that are only one piece, not 4-way clusters, which are four heads cluttered together
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US71 on July 23, 2018, 12:30:24 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on July 19, 2017, 10:36:08 PM
None in Huntsville or Madison County, AL for that matter, but there are several in the surrounding towns. Fort Payne, AL and Athens, AL have quite a few, along with Gadsden, AL. Tuscumbia, AL; Sheffield, AL; and Florence, AL also all have a few, and both Birmingham, AL and Cullman, AL each have a pair of them. Leighton, AL also has this rather cool old Crouse-hinds Type M 4-way at their one signalized intersection in town, last I checked:

I grew up with these.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: ET21 on July 23, 2018, 03:26:33 PM
There's still one at Ridgeland Ave and Home Ave in Worth IL
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: traffic light guy on July 23, 2018, 06:46:05 PM
Quote from: ET21 on July 23, 2018, 03:26:33 PM
There's still one at Ridgeland Ave and Home Ave in Worth IL
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

That's a 4 way cluster, when we mean 4 ways, we mean four faced signals placed on a single body
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US71 on July 23, 2018, 10:01:58 PM
Quote from: traffic light guy on July 23, 2018, 06:46:05 PM
Quote from: ET21 on July 23, 2018, 03:26:33 PM
There's still one at Ridgeland Ave and Home Ave in Worth IL
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

That's a 4 way cluster, when we mean 4 ways, we mean four faced signals placed on a single body

Like this?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3294/2297265772_aaeabd9393_z_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: traffic light guy on July 23, 2018, 10:20:49 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 23, 2018, 10:01:58 PM
Quote from: traffic light guy on July 23, 2018, 06:46:05 PM
Quote from: ET21 on July 23, 2018, 03:26:33 PM
There's still one at Ridgeland Ave and Home Ave in Worth IL
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6780313,-87.7782516,3a,75y,221.87h,94.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYBElKmzx4-WsUrQJkgGS_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

That's a 4 way cluster, when we mean 4 ways, we mean four faced signals placed on a single body

Like this?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3294/2297265772_aaeabd9393_z_d.jpg)
Yes, like That!

LG-M327

Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 24, 2018, 04:34:55 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 23, 2018, 10:01:58 PM
Like this?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3294/2297265772_aaeabd9393_z_d.jpg)

Ohio, by any chance?
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US71 on July 24, 2018, 04:41:29 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on July 24, 2018, 04:34:55 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 23, 2018, 10:01:58 PM
Like this?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3294/2297265772_aaeabd9393_z_d.jpg)

Ohio, by any chance?

Clarksville, AR
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 24, 2018, 06:48:33 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 24, 2018, 04:41:29 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on July 24, 2018, 04:34:55 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 23, 2018, 10:01:58 PM
Like this?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3294/2297265772_aaeabd9393_z_d.jpg)

Ohio, by any chance?

Clarksville, AR
Nice! Is that signal still there? If so, then that makes five known locations of command lenses that are still in service!
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US71 on August 02, 2018, 10:05:18 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on July 24, 2018, 06:48:33 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 24, 2018, 04:41:29 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on July 24, 2018, 04:34:55 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 23, 2018, 10:01:58 PM
Like this?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3294/2297265772_aaeabd9393_z_d.jpg)

Ohio, by any chance?

Clarksville, AR
Nice! Is that signal still there? If so, then that makes five known locations of command lenses that are still in service!

To my knowledge, yes it is...or was 3 months ago :)
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: mrcmc888 on August 05, 2018, 12:55:52 PM
As far as I know, there are none remaining in Knox County, Tennessee.  Perhaps there are some lurking in the most rural corners of the county, but none by me.

The only flashing 4-way I remember is outside Macon, GA at the intersection of Lower Thomaston and Old Saxony Roads.  It's been decades since I've last been there, so it may very likely be gone.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: CJResotko on November 07, 2018, 09:10:49 PM
There are a couple of old true four-way signals that are still in Michigan. The first is a Crouse-hinds type M in Croswell. The second is a Sargent Sowell in East Tawas, but it has been in permanent flash mode since the 80s. I'm new to this forum and I don't know how to add pictures to posts, so I'll just put the links of a YouTube video I made for each of the signals.

Croswell's 4-way signal:
https://youtu.be/cn9_v97l53c

Tawas's 4-way signal:
https://youtu.be/erUpodPZDBs
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Flint1979 on November 07, 2018, 09:23:43 PM
Michigan has a lot in rural areas mainly, not so much in urban areas but they do exist. In Saginaw County there are several 4 way stops or all way stops as they are usually called. There are some 3 way stops as well.

I know that for example the corner of Swan Creek Road and M-52 in Saginaw County has a nightly four way stop, it's a regular traffic light during the day.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on November 07, 2018, 09:54:04 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 20, 2017, 06:24:19 PM
There's a pair in Richmond at Clay Street and Roseneath Road.

Surprisingly despite all the building going on in the area, these are still there. (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5691814,-77.4749816,3a,75y,108.05h,91.12t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s9v-yQnbQNYxp-1Yy3oSYKw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D9v-yQnbQNYxp-1Yy3oSYKw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.76477%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100) (GSV is from May, but the signals are still there today).
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: CJResotko on November 14, 2018, 08:46:53 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on November 07, 2018, 09:54:04 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 20, 2017, 06:24:19 PM
There's a pair in Richmond at Clay Street and Roseneath Road.

Surprisingly despite all the building going on in the area, these are still there. (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5691814,-77.4749816,3a,75y,108.05h,91.12t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s9v-yQnbQNYxp-1Yy3oSYKw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D9v-yQnbQNYxp-1Yy3oSYKw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.76477%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100) (GSV is from May, but the signals are still there today).

Those aren't fixed 4-way signals, they are 4-way clusters
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: US 89 on November 14, 2018, 10:19:06 PM
Until fairly recently, there was a 4-way flashing red beacon in Francis, Utah: https://goo.gl/maps/43N3CA7kMM22

It has since been replaced with a 4-way cluster. Those are actually quite rare in Utah as well; there are probably less than ten in the entire state.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: jmd41280 on November 18, 2018, 10:55:30 PM
Found these ones today in Youngstown, OH (at the intersection of OH 289 and N. Walnut St.)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4849/45223109724_3f53b69ea0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bUdfYm)
Fixed 4-way traffic signals at intersection of OH 289 and North Walnut Street in Youngstown, OH (https://flic.kr/p/2bUdfYm) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: CJResotko on November 21, 2018, 04:23:48 PM
I found these 4-ways (a Sargent Sowell and a Crouse Hinds type M) in the small town of Fayette, Ohio. https://youtu.be/_Lpo9olSAJo
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: traffic light guy on January 03, 2019, 04:35:15 PM
Quote from: CJResotko on November 21, 2018, 04:23:48 PM
I found these 4-ways (a Sargent Sowell and a Crouse Hinds type M) in the small town of Fayette, Ohio. https://youtu.be/_Lpo9olSAJo

"Sargent Sowell" is a tough name for a signal brand
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: basilicon89 on January 03, 2019, 10:54:39 PM
Sargent Sowell was a police equipment supplier in Grand Prarie Texas, not really a signal manufacturer.

They contracted out their signal manufacturing to Traffic Signals Inc of Louisiana.

TSI sold to TEECO, another police supplier, that continued to make this signal style until the mid 2000s. You could buy them new from TEECO's site for about $2,000 a pop.

-Nick
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: CJResotko on January 06, 2019, 10:17:19 PM
Quote from: basilicon89 on January 03, 2019, 10:54:39 PM
Sargent Sowell was a police equipment supplier in Grand Prarie Texas, not really a signal manufacturer.

They contracted out their signal manufacturing to Traffic Signals Inc of Louisiana.

TSI sold to TEECO, another police supplier, that continued to make this signal style until the mid 2000s. You could buy them new from TEECO's site for about $2,000 a pop.

-Nick
True. That's why it's hard to tell if it's a TSI or Sargent Sowell signal
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: Flint1979 on January 10, 2019, 01:45:01 PM
Last night I clinched M-52 and about 2.5 miles south of the northern terminus is a nightly four way stop. I had always wondered why it was a red flasher for a state highway crossing a more local road but then I thought it's probably like that to slow M-52 traffic down to avoid accidents. M-52 is 55 mph in that stretch, Swan Creek Road doesn't have a posted speed limit but most people do about 55 mph on that road as well. It's the only four way stop I came across on M-52. I was in Jackson and wanted to keep driving south and sooner or later was going to have to turn around and head back north so I decided to do a clinch of M-52, I also clinched M-99 last night but I've clinched that highway before.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: basilicon89 on January 12, 2019, 12:58:35 PM
Quote from: CJResotko on January 06, 2019, 10:17:19 PM
Quote from: basilicon89 on January 03, 2019, 10:54:39 PM
Sargent Sowell was a police equipment supplier in Grand Prarie Texas, not really a signal manufacturer.

They contracted out their signal manufacturing to Traffic Signals Inc of Louisiana.

TSI sold to TEECO, another police supplier, that continued to make this signal style until the mid 2000s. You could buy them new from TEECO's site for about $2,000 a pop.

-Nick
True. That's why it's hard to tell if it's a TSI or Sargent Sowell signal

TSI did not have the lower compartment. That was an option on the Sargent Sowell model.
Title: Re: Any 4-Ways left in your area?
Post by: CJResotko on March 16, 2019, 07:59:13 PM
Westphalia, MI: https://youtu.be/HDcPI45SAro
Hubbardston, MI: https://youtu.be/6A872gECiUw
Maple Rapids, MI: https://youtu.be/1YtBJS-fqB8