Talk about signals ranging from wigwags to EVA signals here.
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by Joosh » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:39 pm
ToledoRailfan wrote:
Those are WT/F (Yes!) cantilevers. I forgot who the manufacturer is. Although I don't recall ever seeing one with the gate in front of the cantilever instead of behind before!
They kinda look like Safetrans. Knowing this line is owned by NS, it wouldn't surprise me.
Also, it looks like they're crossing railroads.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3101502 ... 312!8i6656
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by ToledoRailfan » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:40 pm
Joosh wrote:ToledoRailfan wrote:
Those are WT/F (Yes!) cantilevers. I forgot who the manufacturer is. Although I don't recall ever seeing one with the gate in front of the cantilever instead of behind before!
They kinda look like Safetrans. Knowing this line is owned by NS, it wouldn't surprise me.
Also, it looks like they're crossing railroads.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3101502 ... 312!8i6656
That isn't a crossing that you would expect to have cantilever signals as well!
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by freebrickproductions » Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:07 pm
Safetran was the manufacturer of those WT/F cantilevers. I'm also pretty certain that was the response from marketing when engineering needed a name for the design they had just come up with.
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by ZachL » Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:13 pm
WTF y'all...
Has it ever been known what WT/F stands for anyways?
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by ToledoRailfan » Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:09 pm
A newly found light size!
Maybe it deserves it's own page in the Crossing signal types section?
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by ZachL » Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:27 pm
Looks like they just placed plastic Safetran 12x24" backgrounds on them... wonder why?
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by ToledoRailfan » Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:45 pm
ZachL wrote:
Looks like they just placed plastic Safetran 12x24" backgrounds on them... wonder why?
Maybe they somehow thought that the lights had a visibility problem?
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by freebrickproductions » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:53 pm
ToledoRailfan wrote:ZachL wrote:
Looks like they just placed plastic Safetran 12x24" backgrounds on them... wonder why?
Maybe they somehow thought that the lights had a visibility problem?
Probably had them lyin' around in a storage lot somewhere and Conrail decided that they would be cheaper to put up than getting a can of paint from the store.
