What type of cantilevers are these?

freedomtowerman · Post by **freedomtowerman** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:13 pm

Hey there

I was viewing a video from one of my subscribers and one of his videos has two cantilevers in it.

He says that they are Safetran Cantilevers, but I'm not 100% sure that they are.

Here is the video:

PLEASE NOTE: This Video is NOT mine.

Thanks.

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:51 pm

It's impossible to tell unless the filmographer was up-close to see.. because Griswold, RACO, and Safetran used that design. However, I'd say Safetran because of the bell placement.

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:18 pm

Pretty certain they are Safetran's. Compare to these:

https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.51892 ... 7ELlool8Hg

Logo is a little fuzzy, but I'm fairly positive that is the Safetran Logo on the junction box:

https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.51908 ... QHJCSTc83w

Website · Post by **Trainzmandude2012** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 4:32 pm

freedomtowerman wrote:Hey there

I was viewing a video from one of my subscribers and one of his videos has two cantilevers in it.

He says that they are Safetran Cantilevers, but I'm not 100% sure that they are.

Here is the video:

PLEASE NOTE: This Video is NOT mine.

Thanks.

WOW! you just used my friends's vid. I was planning to go to Wilmington and Western on a trip.

YoshiDino90 · Post by **YoshiDino90** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:09 pm

They are Safetran cantilevers because I looked myself. Here is a video of RACO cantilevers and notice the different bell placement. The bells are Griswold, I checked the back of them myself. YouTube.com/watch?v=ofviH41xAil

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:22 pm

Need to check that YouTube link Yoshi. All I get is "This video is unavailable".

Website · Post by **Trainzmandude2012** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:05 am

YoshiDino90 wrote:They are Safetran cantilevers because I looked myself. Here is a video of RACO cantilevers and notice the different bell placement. The bells are Griswold, I checked the back of them myself. YouTube.com/watch?v=ofviH41xAil

You need to highlight the link and click the URL button, Yoshi. As well you might need to check your link.

CSXtrainman13 · Post by **CSXtrainman13** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:44 pm

Whats the Width of the Main Mast?

ConductorWho · Post by **ConductorWho** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:20 am

The other indication it's a Safetran design is the width of the lower segments of the truss. Armstrong Avenue, in Irvine, CA (which I can ascertain is a RACO design--in fact, all my RACO phototextures are derived from this signal) has a narrower bracket on which the lower beams are mounted.

That being said, I would speculate the wider bracket is the result of standardizing parts, as after Safetran bought out RACO they also began offering their Cable-Stayed cantilever. Note the similarity between bracket widths.

0333 · Post by **0333** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:38 pm

Fun fact: The cable strayed cantilever in the link above is a later production one.

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