Traffic Lights

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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by ZachL » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:01 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
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NathanFromEngland wrote:
Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:17 am
NO TURNS, but you can turn right... I don't think this is how Michigan works?
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8852383 ... 312!8i6656
You can turn right on the first part of the intersection, but you can't turn at all in the second part.
And this is another one of those state variances that could literally throw anybody off. Although I understood it, at least :Tongue1:
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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:42 pm

ZachL wrote:
Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:01 pm
freebrickproductions wrote:
Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:03 pm
NathanFromEngland wrote:
Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:17 am
NO TURNS, but you can turn right... I don't think this is how Michigan works?
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8852383 ... 312!8i6656
You can turn right on the first part of the intersection, but you can't turn at all in the second part.
And this is another one of those state variances that could literally throw anybody off. Although I understood it, at least :Tongue1:
"Michigan Lefts" (as these are called) have been growing a bit in popularity across the country, it seems. One was just recently put in not far from me on US 72 out near Ryland.
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by MapsSurfer » Sun Feb 16, 2020 10:21 pm

Howdy y'all, it's been a while hasn't it? There hasn't been much to post about in regards to railroad crossings, so I've been a bit more interested in traffic signals. I was actually looking for some Motor Bells that are so common on bridges across the USA, but I ended up finding this. Here's a pair of vintage signals on a drawbridge on NW 17th Ave on the Miami River (Florida).

The South signal and gate:
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7848654 ... 384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7852214 ... 384!8i8192

The North signal and gate:

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.786052, ... 384!8i8192



Can anybody tell me the make of these signals? I'm a total idiot when it comes to traffic signal manufacturers.
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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:06 am

MapsSurfer wrote:
Sun Feb 16, 2020 10:21 pm
Howdy y'all, it's been a while hasn't it? There hasn't been much to post about in regards to railroad crossings, so I've been a bit more interested in traffic signals. I was actually looking for some Motor Bells that are so common on bridges across the USA, but I ended up finding this. Here's a pair of vintage signals on a drawbridge on NW 17th Ave on the Miami River (Florida).

The South signal and gate:
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7848654 ... 384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7852214 ... 384!8i8192

The North signal and gate:

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.786052, ... 384!8i8192



Can anybody tell me the make of these signals? I'm a total idiot when it comes to traffic signal manufacturers.
The south signal is an 8 inch Crouse-hinds Type M (Nice find there!) and the north signal is a 12 inch Eagle made under Siemens.
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by NathanFromEngland » Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:22 am

Why are the backboard of these lights so badly blackened? They've been here over ten years, i expect them to be cleaned...
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.8454739 ... 312!8i6656

But these signals installed between 2011-2012 are still completely white...
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.8498239 ... 312!8i6656

The peeling paint on this pushbutton really needs to be repainted.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.8806591 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:21 pm

Spotted this while browsing California, but why would it be a flashing yellow ball?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9892679 ... 312!8i6656

Up until 2012, these signals looked like something you'd see out of Australia.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9893006 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:05 pm

I was cycling around my local area earlier today and noticed the traffic lights here seemed to be trying to shut off earlier, never seen something like this before, wonder what was causing it? Traffic lights here I will assume are around 30 years old, since they look like they were installed in the 1980s
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Re: Traffic Lights

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Re: Traffic Lights

Post by SEPTATransitMan695 » Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:57 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:05 pm
I was cycling around my local area earlier today and noticed the traffic lights here seemed to be trying to shut off earlier, never seen something like this before, wonder what was causing it? Traffic lights here I will assume are around 30 years old, since they look like they were installed in the 1980s
Likely a bad neutral in the controller.
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