Old Traffic Signals

[Ian]

Montrose, PA:

[Hellfighter]

More signals that are nothing at all like Wig-Wags!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.39318,-83.16895&spn=0.005277,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.393184,-83.168949&panoid=YoW0kgSvkgUN7-pVWa8WlA&cbp=11,21.28,,1,-3.9

[mightyace]

More Wig-Wags!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.39318,-83.16895&spn=0.005277,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.393184,-83.168949&panoid=YoW0kgSvkgUN7-pVWa8WlA&cbp=11,21.28,,1,-3.9

Those aren't wig-wags and neither are the ones in Cincinnati (though the latter may have been at one time.)

Let's review US71's photo:


The swinging stop sign is the distinguishing feature of the wig-wag.

[jjakucyk]

Those aren't wig-wags and neither are the ones in Cincinnati (though the latter may have been at one time.)

I never said they were.  I don't think they were ever used around here anyway.  Wig-wags are fun stuff though...there's a lot of videos on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wig-wag&search_type=&aq=f

[Hellfighter]

More Wig-Wags!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.39318,-83.16895&spn=0.005277,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.393184,-83.168949&panoid=YoW0kgSvkgUN7-pVWa8WlA&cbp=11,21.28,,1,-3.9

Those aren't wig-wags and neither are the ones in Cincinnati (though the latter may have been at one time.)

Could those have been old wig-wags that were refurbished into modern signals?

[njroadhorse]

More Wig-Wags!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.39318,-83.16895&spn=0.005277,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.393184,-83.168949&panoid=YoW0kgSvkgUN7-pVWa8WlA&cbp=11,21.28,,1,-3.9

Those aren't wig-wags and neither are the ones in Cincinnati (though the latter may have been at one time.)

Could those have been old wig-wags that were refurbished into modern signals?

Judging by its supports, probably not.

[Hellfighter]

Oh well, here's more 60's signals still on their masts...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.40491,-83.106229&spn=0,359.993032&z=18&layer=c&cbll=42.404648,-83.107683&panoid=BxFHA-7dukUtL6F3tWo6zQ&cbp=12,352,,0,8.12

[Alex]

Stumbled across this set of old signals in Cordele, Georgia yesterday:

[Hellfighter]

More Mast Signals...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&layer=c&cbll=42.396281,-83.102059&panoid=c40SuPb8xtwdYhv_mUbfuw&cbp=12,22.18,,0,-5.74&ll=42.397379,-83.099213&spn=0,359.986063&z=17

[KillerTux]

More Mast Signals...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&layer=c&cbll=42.396281,-83.102059&panoid=c40SuPb8xtwdYhv_mUbfuw&cbp=12,22.18,,0,-5.74&ll=42.397379,-83.099213&spn=0,359.986063&z=17

I love those mast type setups. There are a few left in Baltimore, rotting away

[Hellfighter]

More Mast Signals...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&layer=c&cbll=42.396281,-83.102059&panoid=c40SuPb8xtwdYhv_mUbfuw&cbp=12,22.18,,0,-5.74&ll=42.397379,-83.099213&spn=0,359.986063&z=17

I love those mast type setups. There are a few left in Baltimore, rotting away

...and there's plenty more....

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&layer=c&cbll=42.414435,-83.11413&panoid=gmpt31bJEZJ17NpvK1WfUQ&cbp=11,219.97,,0,-4.96&ll=42.414427,-83.114126&spn=0.005275,0.036049&z=16

[Alex]

A Florida rare truss-arm style mast-arm assembly in Jacksonville.

[Ian]

A Florida rare truss-arm style mast-arm assembly in Jacksonville.

If you didn't say that was in Florida, I would have mistook it for a Boston or Maine install.

[Hellfighter]

Mast Signals Everywhere!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.39711,-83.102925&spn=0,359.963951&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.397029,-83.098761&panoid=vktgRiBADUKZVD_anBaOKQ&cbp=12,335.71,,0,4.81

[Ian]

Mast Signals Everywhere!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.39711,-83.102925&spn=0,359.963951&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.397029,-83.098761&panoid=vktgRiBADUKZVD_anBaOKQ&cbp=12,335.71,,0,4.81

Reminds me of a New York City install.

[Hellfighter]

Decommissioned Mast signals

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.403527,-83.071918&spn=0.005276,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.403521,-83.071928&panoid=yoX3oKrzC2cwrzZAu_QrzA&cbp=11,256.11,,0,-6.09

[mightyace]

^^^

Why are those decommissioned?

Declining traffic volumes?

[Hellfighter]

In most cases, yes, like these...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.410514,-83.078763&spn=0.005276,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.410583,-83.072719&panoid=hE6_jSVrnZAzAYYQoqoFFg&cbp=11,168.97,,0,-8.44

[rickmastfan67]

Decommissioned Mast signals

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.403527,-83.071918&spn=0.005276,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.403521,-83.071928&panoid=yoX3oKrzC2cwrzZAu_QrzA&cbp=11,256.11,,0,-6.09

They are not totally dead.   They still have some life. lol.

[Hellfighter]

Decommissioned Mast signals

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.403527,-83.071918&spn=0.005276,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.403521,-83.071928&panoid=yoX3oKrzC2cwrzZAu_QrzA&cbp=11,256.11,,0,-6.09

They are not totally dead.   They still have some life. lol.

Not like these...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.36812,-83.066103&spn=0.005279,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.368121,-83.066112&panoid=YLlGpXIKLxDaYMV60nwJnw&cbp=11,58.47,,0,-7.33

[Ian]

Older "decomissioned" Crouse Hinds signals on a Jersey style truss arm in Essington, PA (in the shadows of the Philadelphia International Airport)...



Almost a year later, and the signals are gone, but the truss arms and pedestals still remain...

[Hellfighter]

Classic 70's signal on the right...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.547105,-83.214655&spn=0.010181,0.072098&z=15&layer=c&cbll=42.547101,-83.214663&panoid=bpwkUYTWHdrhgHSnyfDl2g&cbp=11,329.38,,0,-5.5

[US71]

Canton, MS

[US71]

Arkadelphia, AR







There's a survey marker nearby indicating these signals will be replaced soon. 

[Hellfighter]

I assume that these are meant to warn about a stop sign...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.408993,-83.038208&spn=0.005102,0.036049&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.408992,-83.038207&panoid=Hq_ugaTelJ_kjQS0Ss4BQA&cbp=11,72.77,,0,-4.16