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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:48 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote: Also, not sure why the Mccain Programmable Visibility signal can't be here.
Because Mccain isn't 3M.
So? Because the signal is a programmable visibility signal it can be 3M!

Come on, give McCain some love...
No... 3M only manufactured one kind of traffic signal.
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by NathanFromEngland » Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:27 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote: Also, not sure why the Mccain Programmable Visibility signal can't be here.
Because Mccain isn't 3M.
So? Because the signal is a programmable visibility signal it can be 3M!

Come on, give McCain some love...
No... 3M only manufactured one kind of traffic signal.
Yes, the Programmable Visibility Signal, McCain made the same thing too. :Wink:
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:01 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote: Also, not sure why the Mccain Programmable Visibility signal can't be here.
Because Mccain isn't 3M.
So? Because the signal is a programmable visibility signal it can be 3M!

Come on, give McCain some love...
No... 3M only manufactured one kind of traffic signal.
Yes, the Programmable Visibility Signal, McCain made the same thing too. :Wink:
But those aren't 3M. :Wink:
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:18 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote: Also, not sure why the Mccain Programmable Visibility signal can't be here.
Because Mccain isn't 3M.
So? Because the signal is a programmable visibility signal it can be 3M!

Come on, give McCain some love...
No... 3M only manufactured one kind of traffic signal.
Yes, the Programmable Visibility Signal, McCain made the same thing too. :Wink:
But those aren't 3M. :Wink:
Technically, a McCain PV signal is just a reverse-engineered 3M with some McCain parts slapped on. :Wink:
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by Erik-Gorb-Hamilton » Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:09 pm

Are these 3M's?
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:24 pm

Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:Are these 3M's?
Yes
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by LARDLOGO » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:30 pm

North Highlands, California
https://goo.gl/maps/Km85tLFk5am
https://goo.gl/maps/sexoauDXw9H2

Sacramento, California
https://goo.gl/maps/7U83NVdggCQ2
https://goo.gl/maps/2U2ZZAHJDjn

Mt. Vernon, Washington
https://goo.gl/maps/6SV2ZiEaKpq
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:56 pm

LARDLOGO wrote:North Highlands, California
https://goo.gl/maps/Km85tLFk5am
That is pretty strange!
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:23 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:
LARDLOGO wrote:North Highlands, California
https://goo.gl/maps/Km85tLFk5am
That is pretty strange!
It was standard in CA for a while.
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Re: Locations of 3M signals

Post by TheSignalMan2000 » Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:34 pm

Here's some 3M lights from Denham Springs, Louisiana that I came across while getting some crossing photos

Range Ave/Centerville Rd intersection:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4868915 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.486935, ... 312!8i6656


Here's a couple of photos I took of this intersection with the 3M signals:
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